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A dog owner has been ordered to destroy his two pet Staffies after they mauled an 11-year-old boy in the street.

Abdul Aziz Khaled was set upon just yards from his family home in Brockworth Crescent, Frenchay, as he returned from a nearby park with his brother.

The 11-year-old suffered life-changing injuries during the attack, which happened around 6pm on Wednesday, April 18.

He was subsequently taken to Bristol Children’s Hospital, where plastic surgeons spent four hours treating wounds to his face and arms.

Dog owner Fredrick Cammidge, who also lives in Brockworth Crescent, appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court in connection with the attack last Friday (September 21).

The 61-year-old was charged with being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury - an offence he was convicted of in August.

What does ‘dangerously out of control’ mean? A dog that is dangerously out of control is one that has injured another person, or has given another person reasonable apprehension that it may do so. This may be something as simple as your dog chasing, barking or jumping up at another person or child if it leads to a complaint. Consequences for owners may include a prison sentence and a ban on owning dogs. If your dog is seized, the presumption is that your dog will be destroyed unless you are able to persuade the court that your dog is not a danger to the public. You may also have to pay a fine, compensation and costs. Source: BT

Magistrates have since ordered the destruction of Cammidge’s two Staffordshire Bull Terrier dogs, Blue and Lola.

He was also given a 12 month community order, with 100 hours unpaid work, and told to pay Abdul Aziz and his brother Hafiz £2,500 in compensation.

Mother Maaza Hafiz told Bristol Live Abdul will be scarred for the rest of his life .

“I had a call from one of my neighbours when it happened,” she said at the time of the attack.

“They said ‘your son has been bitten by dogs and is going to hospital’.

“Until I saw my son in the hospital, I did not think anyone could be bitten as badly as that. His cheek is gone and his right arm and left hand have both been bitten.

“He had surgery – he needed it immediately. They did plastic surgery on his face and he had an operation on his arm.

“After the surgery, the doctors said the scars are going to be there for the rest of his life.”

According to Maaza, the two dogs chased her two sons and attacked Abdul Aziz after he fell over.

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Maaza said it took two people to pull the dogs away.

In addition to the compensation owned to the victims, Cammidge was also told to pay £85 court costs and an £85 victim surcharge.