MIRROR
The daughter of a pensioner who was killed in a horror dog attack in her back garden has said: “I miss my mum every single day.”
Retired cook Lucille Downer, 85, died after two American bulldogs belonging to a drug dealer got into her property through a fence.
Her daughter Beverley watched in horror as the crazed animals pounced before trying to maul her as she dragged her mum to safety.
Beverley and her two next door neighbours were forced to lock themselves inside the house as the dogs roamed the garden.
Lucille, who had dementia, died from a traumatic injury caused by a dog bite following the attack during the Covid-19 lockdown in April 2021.
The animals belonged to Darren Pritchard, 44, who was operating a cannabis factory next door to Jamaican-born Lucille.
He was jailed for just under five years yesterday after admitting being in charge of two dogs dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death
Pritchard, of Smethwick, West Mids, also admitted possessing cannabis with intent to supply and producing the drug.
