Dog owner faces jail after XL bully attack on girl, 11, in Bordesley Green, Birmingham

A man is facing jail after his XL bully dog savaged an 11-year-old girl and two men in Birmingham.

The girl and her older sister were out shopping in Bordesley Green, when the animal went for her. Farhat Ajaz, 61, admitted being in control of the dangerous dog, called Tyson, when it went attacked the trio on September 9 last year.

In a terrifying video of the attack, the hound can be seen on the rampage after it had "broken free from its collar". The alarming footage then shows two men rushing to intervene before they are bitten themselves. After fleeing to a nearby supermarket for safety, the girl was rushed to hospital after suffering from shoulder and arm injuries, where she stayed the night. Her identity is protected by a court order.

Get a bespoke headline round-up, as well as breaking updates, when you sign up to BirminghamWorld’s free emails Ajaz, of Bordesley Green, who had previously denied the charges, appeared before Birmingham Crown Court today (Monday, March 25). He pleaded guilty to three counts of being in charge of the "dangerously out of control" dog which caused injury to a young girl who was bitten by the animal.

Adjourning the case, Judge Francis Laird KC bailed Ajaz and ordered him to return to court for sentencing on May 23. He told him: "I will adjourn your case for sentence until May 23. You must not read  anything into the fact that I am adjourning. That will be a matter for the sentencing judge. Your lawyers may well get some medical evidence."

Ekwall Tiwana, defending, said: "He has issues and is a man in poor health. He has no objection to the dog being destroyed."