A 79-year-old man who died after a
dog savaged him in the garden of his home was cooking food when he was
set upon, a neighbour said today.
Retired
hospital porter Clifford Clarke was outside his home in Clubmoor,
Liverpool, when the dog attacked just before 8.40pm last night.
Merseyside Police were called and armed officers destroyed the dog.
Police at the scene removing the dog, that was shot dead by armed police, from the house in Clubmoor
The force said two women, aged 27 and 28, have been been arrested on suspicion of an offence under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
Mr Clarke was described as an unmarried ex-National Serviceman.
One
neighbour told the Liverpool Echo: 'He was a lovely, sweet old man. He
had put a pan of Scouse on and went to his friend's home.
'When
he went back the kitchen had become smoky so he opened the back door
and as he opened the back door the dog was there. He was a lovely fella.
It's so sad.'
Another neighbour said: 'The first
thing we knew was when my daughter and husband heard lots of barking in
his garden. A next-door neighbour telephoned the police.'
A resident also told how she was reading in a bedroom when she heard 'loud screams'.
She
said: 'I heard dogs barking, I thought at first it was dogs having a
scrap. But then I could hear a man shouting, he was clearly in pain.'
Police forensics officers at the scene carrying out examinations. Richard
Kelly Close is a small cul-de-sac over the road from a public
park
The house in Richard Kelly Close, Clubmoor. It is believed he was attacked in his garden
Police said the dog attacked the pensioner in the garden of his home in Clubmoor, Liverpool, just before 8.40pm last night
A post mortem examination will take
place this afternoon to establish the cause of death.
Crime Scene Investigators are now
carrying out forensic examinations at the scene of the attack, Richard
Kelly Close in Clubmoor, a small cul-de-sac over the road from a public
park.
Merseyside Police said in a statement, that officers were called to the scene around 8.40pm on Saturday.
Richard Kelly Close, in Clubmoor, is around three miles from Liverpool city centre
'When they arrived officers
found the body of the man and they were confronted by a dog that was out
of control,' the statement said.
'Armed officers attended at the scene and the dog was destroyed. At this stage the breed of the dog is still to be established.'
'A post-mortem examination will take place this afternoon to establish the cause of death.
'House-to-house inquiries are underway and Crime Scene Investigators are carrying out forensic examinations at the scene.
'Two
women, aged 27 and 28 years, from Clubmoor, have been arrested on
suspicion of an offence under section 3(3)a, of the Dangerous Dogs Act,
1991.'
That section of the
Act relates to an owner or a person in charge of the dog allowing it to
enter a private property where it is not permitted to be and the animal
then injures a person.
In March a 14-year-old girl died after she was attacked by a pack of dogs at a house in Greater Manchester.
Jade Anderson was savaged by up to five dogs at a house she was visiting in Chaucer Grove, Atherton near Wigan.
The animal was shot by police.
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