4-year-old Tillie Vasey had 9 hours of surgery after this horrific dog attack in Preston

These are the sickening dog bite injuries that little Tillie Vasey was left with as she innocently played out in her favourite blue princess dress.

The Preston primary school pupil's skull was partially exposed, with puncture wounds around her eyes and eyelid and a torn tearduct when a pitbull type dog savaged her.

The four year-old endured nine hours of surgery, before a further two operation and a fourth planned this year, and has missed school activities and trips due to her eye injuries.

While most members of society would be horrified at the schoolgirl's ordeal, unsympathetic dog owner Dawn Holt wrote on social media: "It's her own fault she gone that low."

Dog owner Dawn Holt's post on Facebook

Holt's dog attacked the four year old as she played her friends in a garden in Ribbleton.

Today Tillie's mum Leanne, who was pregnant with her third child when the tragedy happened, said: "When I first saw Tillie I thought someone had painted her face - then I couldn't move.