Devastated son-in-law of grandma mauled to death by ‘out of control’ family dog as she sunbathed returns home after bail
A DEVASTATED dad has returned to the home where his dog mauled his mother-in-law to death.
The man, named locally as builder Jas Singh, 52, was arrested after the fatal attack but freed on police bail.
The unnamed woman in her 70s was lying on a sun lounger in Bedworth, Warwickshire, Friday afternoon, when she was attacked.
Her son-in-law was in sombre spirits as he returned to the semi-detached house in Bedworth, Warwickshire, with his teenage son.
He said only: “I just want to be left alone.”
Both Jas and his office worker wife Anita Singh, 49, were arrested on suspicion of owning a banned breed of dog and a dog dangerously out of control.
Anita was injured as she tried to fight off the out-of-control beast and spent time in hospital.
She has since been released.
The pair have both been bailed from police custody.
Anita is understood to be staying with relatives in nearby Coventry, West Midlands.
Detectives, who have now lifted the crime scene barrier, have not yet disclosed the breed of dog which has been seized and remains in secure kennels.
The animal, which is kept outside, is described as “large with a big head and a rare breed” by residents.
The unnamed victim was sunbathing in the back garden at the home she shares with her daughter, son-in-law and two of their three children, when the attack happened.
The horror savaging – the latest in a wave of fatal dog attacks across the country – happened on Thursday afternoon.
The victim’s daughter desperately tried to fight off the animal as it pounced on her mum, a local said.
She was bitten as she tried in vain to save her mother and was later taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
One neighbour said: “The are a lovely family, three generations live in the house, and it is a terrible thing to have happened.”
The man, who didn’t want to be named, told how he spoken briefly to the dog owner after he was freed on police bail.
He said: “The dog attacked his mum-in-law while she was in the back garden lying on a sun lounger.
“Jas is very shocked and shaken and said he had no idea why the dog suddenly turned. He described it as an awful tragedy.
“He was at work at the time so didn’t see the attack but Anita tried to get the dog off.
“Police say it was a banned breed but I’m not sure. I don’t know what it was quite a size with a big head, a bulldog Mastiff type.
“When Jas got it he said it was a rare breed and there were only six in the country.
“It was kept in the back garden and whenever I saw it being walked which was not very often because he was always busy at work in the building industry it never showed any aggression.”
A Warwickshire Police spokesperson said today: “The woman who was arrested has been discharged from hospital and released on bail.”
It comes as a map reveals the worst places in the UK for dog bite attacks.