Two women whose dog mauled a 79-year-old man to death in his own garden have admitted allowing the attack to happen.
Hayley Sulley, 30, and Della Woods, 29, were charged under the Dangerous Dogs Act (1991) after Clifford Clarke was attacked by their pet in Liverpool.
The city’s crown court heard he was set upon after he opened his back door to air the kitchen after cooking food.
Gary Simpson from the CPS described it as a “vicious attack on a defenceless man powerless to fight back”.
Sulley and Woods, from Norris Green, admitted allowing their dog to enter a non-public place and subsequently cause injury, in May 2013.
They are due to be sentenced on 3 June.
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