A man and a woman went to jail after admitting to being responsible for a dog that killed a 10-year-old boy. Jack Lis was attacked by the animal – an American bully or bully dog ​​XL called “Beast” – in Penyrheol, Caerphilly, on November 8, 2021. The court heard that Jack had “catastrophic and non-surviving injuries” that caused his death. Last month, Amy Salter, 29, and Brandon Hayden, 19, pleaded guilty to being a dangerous dog out of control, causing injury and death. Hayden also pleaded guilty to five other counts of possession of a dangerously unattended dog between Nov. 4 and 7. Today (Friday), at Cardiff Crown Court, Hayden was sentenced to four years and six months in prison. Salter was sentenced to three years in prison. Both were barred from having a dog indefinitely. Amy Salter and Brandon Hayden have been jailed. Credit: Gwent Police The court heard that on November 3, 2021, Brandon Hayden responded to a Facebook ad saying that there was a dog free in a good house, but that it was not good with other dogs. Days later, Hayden took possession of the dog, called the “Beast,” and asked Salter, his six-month-old friend, if Hayden could stay with her because he did not have enough space in his house. Salter agreed and gave Hayden a key to enter and walk. Salter saw Hayden with the dog on Nov. 4 in the Penyrheol department store. CCTV footage of the dog barking and barking at people as they passed was shown in court, with Hayden struggling to control it. Jack Liss was attacked by a dog called “Beast”. CCTV also shows Hayden kicking and hitting the dog outside his dad’s house after the dog had quarreled with a neighbor Jack Russell, according to the court. Shots show Salter herself being bitten by the dog, as well as children being exposed to it, with a child hitting his scooter by the animal and being pushed on the road. The court heard that passers-by were afraid to approach the dog and injured two members of the public in the days before Jack’s death. On November 8, 2021, Jack was fatally wounded by an attack by Beast – who weighed almost 100 kilograms – on a house near his own. Jack’s mother cried in court as she heard the Beast push her son to the floor and start attacking him. A police officer managed to distract the Beast for quite some time to drag Jack out of the house, where the emergency services worked on him – but he could not be saved. Police later shot and killed the dog. The dog was shot by police with firearms after the attack. Brandon Hayden told police he “will never forget the pictures he saw” and “can not take them out of [his] mind”. In a powerful statement read out in court, Jack’s mother, Emma Whitfield, said: not to be so. “I close my eyes and see the animal and its teeth. I hear the barking. I have severe panic attacks and I have scary flashbacks. “I keep asking” Why my boy? Why Jack? “I would have given my life trying to protect him.” Ms Whitfield said she had post-traumatic stress disorder after what she saw and was taking medication. Jack’s father, John Lees, said in a statement: “The circumstances and the thought of how my son’s Jack must have felt at that time. all alone, in pain and frightened to death, it haunts me every day and night, I can not close my eyes at night and think of nothing else. “Jack was 10 years old and he had his whole life ahead of him, but that was so unnecessary and so tragic. “The only thing I can pray for is to justify Jack’s untimely death and that lessons will be learned by preventing any other child and family from suffering like us.” Iwan Jenkins from CPS: “It is vital that people control the behavior of their dogs” Police at the scene said it was the hardest thing they had ever faced. Sergeant Ross Phillips, who pulled Jack out of the house after the attack, said in a statement: “I’ve been thinking about the incident and Jack every day since I listened to the call. He will stay with me for the rest of my life. it will not be something I will ever get over “. He said he had said little about what he saw that day, but described it as “traumatic and heartbreaking” and said Jack’s death was a “terrible waste”. Judge Michael Fitton QC expressed his condolences to the family, adding: “[Jack’s] “The death was completely tragic and an unnecessary event.” He told Salter that the decision to have the dog at home was “completely irresponsible” and told Hayden that he was “inadequate in his efforts to deal with the dog”. In a statement, the Crown Prosecution Service said: “Our thoughts remain with Jack, along with his family and friends, who have suffered a tragic loss. “Despite warnings from the previous owner and knowing his aggression, Hayden and Salter left the animal at home without taking the appropriate measures to control it. “Their failure to do so has had disastrous consequences.”