A SCHOOLBOY needed to have stitches in his leg after being mauled by a trainee police canine at a cop’s home on Christmas Day.
Sergeant Fleur Tedshill, an skilled canine handler for West Midlands Police, had been taking care of the coaching pup at her residence in Brierley Hill, Birmingham.
The nine-year-old boy was rushed to Russell’s Corridor Hospital after being bitten by the canine – which has since been faraway from the house.
The black canine, known as Penny, was being educated by the police officer after her working police canine Snap retired.
Sgt Tedshill and her household had been celebrating Christmas Day when the assault on the boy passed off.
Penny has now been faraway from the house and positioned into West Midlands Police’s kennels, and might be reassessed.
One neighbour noticed emergency companies dashing to the scene on Christmas Day, at round lunchtime.
They informed The Solar: “We had been anticipating some household round and after we opened the entrance door we may see the ambulance and the police vehicles.
“I wasn’t concentrating an excessive amount of on what was occurring as a result of I used to be making an attempt to cook dinner however I did see a boy being introduced out by paramedics.
“To be trustworthy, I assumed he had been injured on his Christmas current or one thing like that.
“It was solely later when somebody informed me that they'd seen a canine led away by the police that I used to be conscious he had been bitten. It may have been rather a lot worse.”
One other neighbour added that she noticed a “small” canine, like a “pet” being taken away from the home and hadn’t seen it since.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police stated: “We're presently investigating the circumstances round an incident the place a toddler suffered a chunk from the household's trainee police canine on Christmas Day 2021.
“The trainee police canine was dwelling with an skilled canine handler when the incident occurred.
“The nine-year-old was taken to hospital the place they obtained stitches to their leg.
"Fortuitously there should not prone to be any lasting bodily accidents.
“The canine is now within the pressure's kennels, the place it will likely be topic to numerous coaching assessments to find out if she might be match to work as a police canine sooner or later.
“We're nonetheless investigating this incident and the matter has been referred to our skilled requirements division, as is customary follow in incidents reminiscent of these.”
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman added: “We had been known as to stories of a medical emergency at a property on Brompton Drive at 11.24am on Christmas Day.
“One ambulance and a paramedic officer attended the scene. On arrival we found one affected person, a boy, who was handled for accidents not believed to be severe earlier than being taken to Russell’s Corridor Hospital for additional evaluation.”
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