Dog attack victim named by police
Ann Dunn, 65, died at the scene of the incident in Kirkdale, Liverpool, on Monday.
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Your support makes all the difference.A woman who was killed in a dog attack has been named by police.
Ann Dunn, 65, died at the scene of the incident, which happened at a home in Kirkdale, Liverpool, on Monday.
Five American bulldogs were handed over and humanely destroyed following the incident, Merseyside Police said.
A force spokesman said a 31-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of owning a dog dangerously out of control has since been released on conditional bail.
Police were called to the house in St Brigid’s Crescent by the North West Ambulance Service at 4.25pm.
A post-mortem examination will be carried out to establish the cause of death.
The investigation is continuing, the force spokesman said.