Cardiff man saves woman and newborn from attack by three dogs

A man has described at the time he helps a woman and her baby of a week as they were attacked by three dogs.

William Newbury, 22, said he was leaving baby gifts to a friend in her boyfriend’s house in Llanrumney, Cardiff, on Mother’s Day when he saw the “nightmare” attack through her mailbox.

He said he went up a window to intervene and stayed with several injuries throughout his body, including the use of two fingers in his left hand.

South Wales Police said the three Terriers of the three Staffordshire involved in the March 30 attack had been destroyed, but no trial had been made.

Newbury, from Roath, described hearing shouts when he arrived at the house and originally thought he was a baby crying in the garden.

“It turned out to be the mother, I approach the mailbox and look and I saw the mother and the baby be attacked by three dogs,” he said.

“By by must have leg bloil or broken as I could enter, but I tried to hit the by and shout through the mailbox to try to distract the dog.”

He said that one of the dogs was distracted by their attempts, but the two ethers continued to attack them.

“Fortunately, there was a window below that was open and I not only thought about that, I wear directly.”

Newbury said he helped pick up the mother and pass the baby through the window when dogs begin to attack him.

“Everyone attacked me, nothing I did was stop them, I was hitting one of the dogs that tried to stop, but it didn’t work.”

The remembered of being in the house for about 20 minutes and having to be tasks for the hospital to be treated for several injuries.

“They put me on my leg, hands, arm, side of my face, my stomach, my low back, basically from head to toe,” he added.

Newbury said he spent a week at the hospital before being discharged, but his recovery continued.

The mother and baby were also treated in the hospital for their wounds, who were not threatening in life.

Meanwhile, Mr. Newbury said he had his leg that the doctors told him that the little finger in his left hand “would never work normally.”

“I refuse to be afraid of dogs, but it is a dog now, now I get out of their way.

“I have already had an advice session to overcome this, I have had nightmares, I can reproduce the entire situation in my head, it is horrible.”

The South Wales Police said the officers were called to the incident and that the three people involved suffered injuries that required treatment but did not threaten life.