XL Bully dog attack leaves boy, 5, with horror injuries and screaming when he sees his new face

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Teddy Kerr's grandma has mounted a run to get XL Bully dogs banned successful Scotland aft the five-year-old lad was brutally mauled astatine a spot successful Paisley, Scotland

An XL Bully onslaught has near a young lad with life-changing injuries truthful terrible that doctors were forced to execute facial reconstructive surgery.

Teddy Kerr, five, was the unfortunate of a brutal onslaught astatine a location successful Paisley, Scotland, connected November 3 successful which the canine tore into his caput and body. He was rushed to infirmary portion visiting household friends with his mum, Chelsey, 32, and 2 sisters Brooke, 10, and Taylor, 9, who watched connected portion the onslaught unfolded.

They saw the canine crook connected the young lad and rip into his backmost earlier pinning him to the level and sinking its teeth into his face. Medics took him to the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) with humor pouring from his cheek, and helium has since received much than 100 stitches to his face.

The youngster's grandma, Marian Hanratty, said she feared her grandson was going to dice pursuing the attack. She told the Daily Record: "I thought I was going to suffer my grandson. The dog's teeth punctured done his backmost and the bites were inches distant from puncturing his lungs. If that had happened past who knows what the result would person been."

Ms Hanratty added that her devastated grandson can't physically smile, and screams erstwhile helium sees the harm the canine wrought connected his face. He said: "He is lone five, but helium volition beryllium scarred for beingness aft this. He is specified a gorgeous wee lad and to spot him similar this makes maine consciousness physically sick.

"He can’t adjacent grin close present due to the fact that helium has truthful galore stitches crossed his face. He was screaming the different time erstwhile helium got a glimpse of his look successful the mirror. He doesn’t privation to look astatine himself. His large sisters were besides shocked erstwhile they went into infirmary to spot him and they are inactive dealing with the trauma of witnessing the attack."

"We are each disquieted astir what the aboriginal volition clasp for him present and we conscionable anticipation and commune his scars volition slice implicit time. Teddy is fortunate to beryllium alive." The grandma described the infinitesimal Teddy's mum recovered retired astir the attack, saying she was alerted aft her daughters ran "screaming" into the kitchen.

Doctors initially feared Teddy's lung was punctured by the attack, and a specializer integrative surgeon was called successful to run connected his face. Ms Hanratty has called connected the Scottish authorities to enact a prohibition connected XL Bullys, saying: "What happened to Teddy should beryllium capable to spot them outlawed. The authorities isn’t bully capable successful Scotland.”

Police person since charged a 41-year-old antheral successful transportation with the incidental aft a Police Scotland spokesperson said officers were called to the country astatine astir 8.05pm connected November 3. The spokesperson added that the canine has been destroyed.