Staffordshire Bull terrier which mauled boy escapes being put down... because it was 'drunk on Stella'

A drunken dog which mauled a 10-year-old boy has been spared after a court heard that strong lager was poured down its throat before the attack. 


Owner James Holmes, 24, told the court that Diesel, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, was given Stella Artois from a can by his girlfriend's uncle before he attacked 10-year-old Joe Pickering. 


The boy's mother Carol-Ann Dickson described the injuries as 'so deep you could almost see the skull'.   More Read