Dog seized by police after two suffer bite injuries

Officers said the dog was cornered in a garden of a property

A dog has been seized after two people were bitten in a flat in Worksop, police have said.

Nottinghamshire Police was called to a property in Maple Leaf Gardens at about 17:45 BST on Thursday.

Officers found an XL bully-type dog had bitten a man, causing injuries described as "significant but not life-threatening", and a woman to her arm.

Officers sedated the dog in the back garden and took it to secure kennels, the force added.

'No wider threat'

Police said the attack was an isolated incident, and confirmed the injured woman was the dog's owner.

She and the injured man were also known to each other, a police spokesperson added.

Insp Paul Whitehead said: "A man was left with nasty injuries after he and a woman were bitten during this dog attack.

"It should be noted, however, that this was an isolated incident that took place inside a house, so didn't pose any wider threat to the public.

"The animal has since been moved to secure kennels, while an investigation is ongoing to establish exactly what happened."