Inverness schoolboy, 6, ‘attacked by dog’ and rushed to hospital with ‘serious’ face injuries
AN INVERNESS schoolboy was left with serious facial injuries after an alleged dog attack.
The lad, six, was allegedly involved in an incident involving a Bullmastiff in a house around 2.45pm yesterday.
He was rushed to hospital with serious - but not life-threatening - facial injuries.
A dog has been removed from the property and put in care.
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A woman, 42, has been reported to prosecutors under the Dangerous Dog Act.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Police Scotland attended a property in the Culduthel Mains Gardens area of Inverness at around 2.45pm on Thursday following a report of a Bullmastiff dog having allegedly attacked a six-year-old boy.
"The child was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness and subsequently transferred to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for treatment to serious facial injuries.
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"These injuries are not considered life-threatening.
"The dog has been removed from the property.
"A 42-year-old woman will be reported to the procurator fiscal under the dangerous dogs act in connection with an alleged incident."
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