Toddler suffers life changing injuries after dog attack

The three-year-old remains in hospital

Published 9th Aug 2022

Officers investigating a serious injury dog bite incident, where a child has been left with life changing but not life threatening injuries, have arrested a woman.

At around 6.35pm yesterday, Monday 8 August, police received a report that a 3-year-old girl had been bitten by a dog on Botley Drive in Havant.

The girl was taken to Portsmouth's Queen Alexandra hospital for treatment where she remains.

The dog, a Doberman, has been seized by police.

A 44-year-old woman from Havant has been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury.

She remains in custody at this time.

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