Overview

• Police Scotland said a dog bit three people on Viewfield Road around 6:45 p.m. on September 5, including a 37-year-old mother and her 14-year-old daughter.
• The victims were taken to Monklands Hospital and transferred to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for stitches and surgery for deep facial and neck wounds.
• Officers arrested and charged the 28-year-old owner, seized the dog, and released the owner on an undertaking to appear in court at a later date.
• North Lanarkshire Council confirmed it investigated a July 7 complaint about the same bull-breed dog and sent a warning letter that a Dog Control Notice could follow.
• The mother describes lasting physical and psychological trauma and alleges the owner ordered the attack, a claim not confirmed by police or council officials.