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XL Bully owner jailed after Caernarfon boy lost thumb in savage dog attack

XL Bully owner jailed after Caernarfon boy lost thumb in savage dog attack

A dog owner has been jailed after his XL Bully mauled a boy in the street in an horrific attack. Nine-year-old Caio Shaw lost his right thumb after Ian Parry's dog escaped on to a street in Caernarfon and pounced on the child.
Caernarfon Crown Court heard Parry's daughter had probably let the dog out of its cage and it went on to North Penrallt and soon "focussed" on Caio, who was then aged eight.
It lunged at him and a woman Yvonne Hodgson tried to fight off the dog. Parry, 45, himself came out of his house with a knife and stabbed the dog twice. You can sign up for all the latest court stories here
Armed police then arrived and one officer shot the animal dead. Caio, whose thumb was "partially-amputated" by the dog, remains "terrified" of the idea of stumbling across the animal even though he has been told it is "gone".
Caernarfon Crown Court heard his friends sometimes tease him about the injury which he can now treat as "banter" although the name still sometimes upsets him. The judge Her Honour Nicola Jones said children of that age can be "cruel".
Caio has rejected surgeons' continuing suggestion that they use a toe to try to reconstruct his missing thumb as he doesn't want to endure yet more "pain". He suffers flashbacks and insists his mum Ffion Williams sleeps with him with the bedroom door tightly shut.
Parry, a part-time fish and chip shop worker, of North Penrallt, Caernarfon, pleaded guilty to owning a dog dangerously out of control which caused injury. But a judge today said due to the "ongoing" effects of the horrific injury she could not suspend his sentence.
She jailed him for 26 months and said he must serve up to half his sentence, with the remainder served on licence.
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