A WOMAN was left in agony after a neighbour’s pit bull attacked her leaving a chunk of her leg on the pavement.

Janice Eccles, 52, needed skin grafts to repair the open wound after the beast struck outside her home in Skegness, Lincs.

3 Janice Eccles required a skin graft after a Pit Bull took a chunk of flesh out of her leg Credit: BPM Media

It had escaped from a nearby property when its owners opened their door for a delivery, before latching onto her right calf.

Janice said: “The neighbour couldn’t control it and I could tell from the look on its face when the dog was running towards me, what was going to happen.

“It was absolutely horrific. It was a dog bite but felt more like a shark.

“I went into adrenaline mode and hopped into my home.

3 Janice was attacked outside her home when the beast escaped from a nearby property Credit: BPM Media

“I had to ring for my own ambulance and bandage myself up.”

Alan and Linda Gent, both 59, - owners of the pit bull named Zeus - have now been banned from owning dogs for five years following a trial at Boston Magistrates’ Court.

The beast has remained in police kennels ever since and a final decision on its future rests with the local force.

Though mum-of-two Janice is determined it should be put to sleep.

She added: “If a dog badly injures someone it should be destroyed - it is as simple as that.

3 The Pit Bull tore a chunk of flesh from Janice's right calf, leaving it one the pavement Credit: BPM Media

“I have not got a single neighbour under the age of 75 – had the dog attacked one of them, it is highly likely they would be dead.

“The neighbour came up to me yesterday, apologised and asked if it was water under the bridge- it is not water under the bridge.

“I think it is ridiculous and if the dog is given a last chance I think it is pathetic.”

Janice says the attack on July 20 last year has left her traumatised to this day.

She said: "I still have the clothes and shoes that are covered in blood.

“The mental side is worse than the physical side if I’m honest.

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“I am not bothered about the scar – but it has ruined me living here.

“I can’t get over it and move on as I can’t get out of the cul-de-sac where I live without seeing their home.

“I am going to have to move house.”

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