Man mauled to death by pet dog while watching Prison Break(Photos)

A man was mauled to death by his pet
dog as his two teenage daughters fought
in vain to drag it from their stricken
father.Stephen Hodgson, 45, was killed
by the family’s powerful Staffordshire/
pit bull terrier cross.
The dog , called Buster, bit through his
jugular, causing him to suffer a cardiac
arrest, probably brought on by blood
loss.Police had to taser the out-of-
control animal before having it
destroyed.
Stephen, an unemployed carpenter, had
been watching the TV programme
Prison Break with his daughters in a
bedroom when the crazed pet pounced.
According to Daily Mirror,the father of
three, who had an existing medical
condition, suddenly fell ill and slumped
over the side of the bed, startling the
three-year-old terrier.
Buster began barking so the girls
ushered him out into the garden of
their semi-detached home as they
tended to their dad.




Daughter Jade, 19, said: “I was
trying to look after dad and lift
him back up onto the bed but as I
was trying to do that Buster came
back in and ran up the stairs.
We didn’t want him in the room
because he was getting excited
and barking but he barged open
the door.“He’s a big, strong,
heavy dog and we couldn’t keep
him out.“He saw my dad leaning
over the edge of the bed and he
went for him, there was nothing
we could do.
Her sister Carla, 16, said:
“Buster was biting dad’s throat
and there was suddenly a lot of
blood.We were doing anything we
could to get him off. He didn’t
have a collar on to hold onto so
we were just pulling him.
I had hold of his back legs and
was trying to drag him off but he
was just too strong.“We knew
things were really bad for dad, he
might have gone before the
emergency services even arrived
“It was horrific and we won’t be
able to forget it, but I’m glad we
were there for dad to try to help
him"At least we know that we did
everything we possibly could to
try to save him.We wrapped a
sheet around his neck to try to
stop the blood but he was
bleeding very heavily.”
Police and ambulance crews arrived at
the scene and Buster was cornered
before he was destroyed at the house by
a vet.
The dog