Mum and son plead guilty after boy bitten by dog

The boy was bitten in Wadham Road in Bootle

A mother and son have admitted responsibility for a dog that caused "life- changing" injuries to an eight-year-old boy.

The boy suffered serious injuries after he was bitten on the head in the incident in Bootle, Merseyside, on 10 February.

At a hearing at Liverpool Crown Court, Amanda Young, 49, and Lewis Young, 30, pleaded guilty to being a person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and causing injury.

The pair, of Wadham Road, Bootle, have been remanded on unconditional bail until sentencing on 3 May.

Police were called to Wadham Road just before 17:30 GMT on 10 February after the boy was attacked in a communal area of flats.

When the pair appeared at the magistrates’ court in February, Lionel Cope, prosecuting, said the boy had gone round to see friends and had sustained "incredibly serious life-changing injuries."

He was taken to hospital for the treatment of serious head injuries, said Merseyside Police.

Adjourning the case, District Judge Ian Harris confirmed further enquiries were to be made to establish the breed of the dog.

The dog, called Snoop, was seized by police and later destroyed with the agreement of the owner, Liverpool Magistrates' Court heard last month.

Additional reporting by Lynda Roughley