Blackpool man, 40, charged with Knott End incident after ‘staffy-type’ dog shot dead by police
A 40-year-old man from Blackpool has been charged with being the owner/person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control that had to be shot dead by police.
Police responded to reports of a man being attacked by a “large, aggressive dog” on Lyme Grove at around 10.06pm on Saturday, April 5, after members of the public tried to help, but to no avail.
Officers - including armed response teams - arrived at the scene and found a man in his 50s with serious injuries to his head, neck and body.
He was taken to Royal Preston Hospital. While his injuries were deemed “life-changing,” police said they were not thought to be “life-threatening.”
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The dog, described as a “staffy-type”, “immediately ran at officers” after being located outside a property on Lancaster Close.
A post mortem later identified that the dog was not of a banned breed and was a ‘staffy-type dog’.
Lee Howard, 40, of Yew Tree Road, Blackpool, has now been charged with being the owner/person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control, causing injury.
He's been bailed to appear at Lancaster Magistrates Court in January.