Mother of three who got drunk and let her ex-boyfriend's two XL Bullies off their leads in a park where they mauled three dog walkers and their pets is facing up to two years in jail

A parent who got drunk and fto her ex-boyfriend's 2 XL Bullies disconnected their leads successful a parkland wherever they mauled 3 canine walkers and their pets is contiguous facing up to 2 years successful jail.

Amanda Wilkie, 44, who had been looking aft the hounds, sparked panic erstwhile she fto them disconnected their leashes astatine Willow Park successful Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside, whilst she staggered around.

The powerfully built XL Bullies - called Mavis and Missy - darted implicit to 1 pistillate and her dog, biting them some and dragging her on the grass. 

They past bounded implicit to onslaught 2 tiny dogs belonging to Christina Potts and Tracey Heyhurst who were chatting connected a parkland bench.

In the melee the 2 friends tried to prevention their dogs, a 16-year-old West Highland Terrier called Rosie and a two-year-old Papillon called Mylo, but Miss Potts was bitten successful the look and finger. 

Miss Heyhurst managed to drawback her canine and had to spot it successful a nationalist discarded bin for its ain information arsenic the XL Bullies tried to get to it. The radical were past fixed harmless refuge by a passer-by who told them to tally into his van.

Another canine walker Jacqueline Mahoney, a societal worker, was attacked whilst entering the parkland with her three-year-old Yorkshire terrier-Chi Hua Hua transverse called Scooby. 

One of the XL Bullies grabbed Scooby's cervix and flipped it onto its backmost arsenic Miss Mahoney was injured trying to rescue her pet. She grabbed the XL Bully's limb but she was dragged on and fell down stairs.

She was near with bruising to her knuckles and symptom successful her backmost and limb whilst Scooby was near with wounds to its neck, backmost and chest. Mylo suffered bites astir her caput and receptor and Rosie had puncture wounds to her neck.

Miss Heyhurst escaped wounded but Miss Potts underwent attraction successful infirmary for puncture wounds to her lip. Injuries inflicted connected the 4th unnamed canine walker are chartless arsenic she declined to springiness constabulary a connection astir the incident.

Eye witnesses said parent of 2 Wilkie, from Newton Le Willows, was slurring her words, staggering astir and precise 'disoriented' astatine the clip of the attacks.

Inquiries revealed she was connected bail aft she stabbed her past fellow Mark Coxhill with a steak weapon implicit claims helium was astir to cheat connected her. 

She said she had been near with the hounds aft the stabbing and bail conditions had prevented her from asking Coxhill to prime them up.

At Sefton magistrates' court, Wilkie pleaded blameworthy to 4 charges of having a canine dangerously retired of power and faces up to 2 years jailhouse nether sentencing guidelines. 

Her lawsuit was referred to Liverpool Crown Court for sentencing arsenic JPs concluded their sentencing powers were not sufficient. The XL Bullies, which are presently thought to beryllium successful constabulary kennels, look being destroyed.

The incidental occurred connected August 17 past twelvemonth erstwhile Wilkie was taking the dogs for a locomotion astatine 6pm. 

Prosecutor Will Griffin told magistrates Miss Heyhurst and Miss Potts were seated connected a formation erstwhile 1 of the XL bullies approached and attacked 1 of the dogs, biting him and throwing him astir 4 feet away.

'Miss Heyhurst tried to footwear and pin the XL Bully down but she was incapable to clasp onto him owed to its strength,' helium said. 'Miss Potts tried to resistance it distant but it resulting successful a wound to her articulator and finger. The different XL Bully jumped up and attacked Miss Potts and her dog.'

'A pistillate past appeared said "They are not my dogs" and appeared to beryllium drunk and had a pb successful her near hand. She was slurring her words, staggering astir and precise disoriented. That pistillate is believed to beryllium Miss Wilkie.

'The biggest of the 2 XL Bullies dogs appeared to beryllium getting bushed and Miss Heyhurst told it "F** off" which made it tally away. A antheral told them to tally into his van and told them to enactment determination with their dogs.'

Mr Griffin said Miss Mahoney arrived astatine the parkland and could perceive a pistillate screaming for assistance and shouting. When she started to locomotion upstairs to the parkland a pistillate appeared to archer her not to spell in. 

She phoned 999 - but some XL Bullies appeared with 1 attacking her canine 'flipping him implicit and biting down connected his neck'.

The authoritative added: 'Miss Mahoney tried to punch the XL Bully to halt it but it would not fto go. Eventually it went.

'Miss Mahoney tried to walk her canine to different subordinate of the nationalist who offered to help. The XL Bully continued to leap up astatine Miss Mahoney who tried to footwear it. Her canine ran disconnected but the XL Bully ran aft it.

'She grabbed the dog's limb to halt it moving aft it but it dragged her on and made her tumble down the stairs. She grabbed it by the tegument of its cervix and shouted "Get down". She placed her dog's pb astir the XL Bully's neck.'

In a connection Miss Potts said since the incidental she has been diagnosed with PTSD, suffers panic attacks connected a regular basis, has a nonaccomplishment of sleep, and lone takes her dogs retired erstwhile she needs to. 

'I am seeing a intelligence wellness caregiver regularly successful my GP's surgery. I presently person PTSD therapy. I consciousness susceptible and intimidated erstwhile I americium walking the dogs. 

'I utilized to emotion Willow Park and I person been a immense canine person but since this incidental I americium present virtually terrified of large dogs. It has affected my narration with household and friends with larger breeds. I bash not consciousness harmless astir them.

'I cannot halt reasoning astir the worst happening that tin happen. It has taken distant my emotion for the outdoors oregon being successful quality with dogs.'

In different connection she said: 'The onslaught was horrific, went connected and connected and on, and we couldn't get the canine off. It was truthful powerful.'

Wilkie, who was not legally represented, told the court: ''I thought I would bash the close happening by taking them for a locomotion - unfortunately, Missy got disconnected her pb and a small canine tried to onslaught her. 

'If idiosyncratic tries to onslaught her they are going to retaliate. It is an XL Bully, it has been successful the paper, it is simply a banned breed. I americium trying to determination myself connected from the past concern I got myself into.'

Wilkie was bailed for sentencing connected June 25. 

JP George Carter told her: 'We person travel to the decision that our sentencing powers are insufficient due to the fact that of the seriousness of the quality of the attacks and immoderate of the aggravating features, 1 of which was that you were nether the power of alcohol.'

In October past twelvemonth Wilkie was sentenced to 15 months successful prison, suspended for 2 years astatine Liverpool Crown Court aft admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm connected Coxhill. She was besides ordered to undertake 150 hours of unpaid work.

Prosecutors said she had argued with Coxhill aft she accused him of 'having intentions with idiosyncratic younger' and stabbed him with a steak weapon and causing 3 1cm wounds to his armpit and stomach.