Pair jailed for Caerphilly dog attack death

A man and a woman have been jailed after a 10-year-old boy was mauled to death by a dog near where he lived.

Jack Lis died following the attack at a house in Caerphilly on 8 November 2021.

Brandon Hayden, 19, from Penyrheol, Caerphilly, was jailed for four-and-a-half years at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting owning or being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog.

Amy Salter, 29, of Trethomas, Caerphilly, was jailed for three years for the same offence.

The court was shown CCTV of Brandon Hayden and Amy Salter with their dog, Beast in Caerphilly.

[djfearross]

They actually enjoyed and felt empowered the way people were scared of their dog. And this is why they have them.

[Mayrik]

only 5 years in jail for killing a kid... must be a joke

[johnsweeney]

You only have to look at the owners and their body language to know what type of people they are

[ascs]

why were these rats allowed to spend so much time outside the store letting their dog intimidate people?

[GarmrK]

I ran into a woman that was standing around like this with a pit bull of similar size on a harness. The dog was lunging at everyone and everything...just like this...dragging the idiot owner across a public area. She had no control of the dog and honestly enjoyed intimidating people with her aggressive dog. I was driving and the dog went after me through the window of my truck. I stopped immediately and asked her to take her dog back to her house because it was going to attack someone. She told me she would sick her dog on me if I didn't leave. Little did she know, I was armed at the time and the joke would have been on her. I told her I was calling the police and stayed on the phone with the operator as she ran away. Amazing how she could suddenly control her dog when she knew the police were coming. That dog would have killed someone. These owners are sick. I have owned pit bulls for years and never had a dog like this. Absolutely disgusting. I love dogs but I would not hesitate to kill one to protect the innocent.

[trishannbell]

So a child lost his life, horrifically mauled to death and these morons only received a couple years!?! What's wrong here?! SERIOUSLY? What the hell is going on in this judicial organization!?!?!?! This is a DISGRACE, A DISGRACE!

[frenzyviz]

The fact that they called the dog “Beast” tells you all you need to know about its upbringing & their characters.

[Materialgirl_]

Seeing the way he punched the dog I could only imagine what else had been done to that dog behind closed doors. A dog like this should not just be walking around on the streets when he knows his dog is aggressive. This is just horrible and he should be locked away for life! That child got a life sentence so should he

[linstaley]

This dog tried to attack everyone that walked by and they still continued to keep him out on the street. The guy had no control over him and instead of taking him home he chose to beat him. These people got off way too easy with the death of a child and knowing that the dog is vicious. They deserve a much longer sentence than the one they got.

[lemonEd]

The poor kid, can’t imagine the horror he went through. Those mfs should have gotten the life sentence since it was their irresponsibility that took that child’s life .

[TheBladepolisher]

Only 4 years ? ? ? What a disgraceful way to treat a murder victim. Absolutely no justice for the 10 year old, especially after the way the video clearly showed the abuse the dog suffered at the hands of its owner. Tragic ! ! !

[lw]

1:39 is one of the most revealing bit, there's 2 other people in front of it but its instantly fixated on the smallest girl stood at the back and it's got totally tunnel vision. Even when she's hiding behind the car it still has the attack instinct. That boy poor trapped inside the house with that thing.... Its like having a pet tiger or something.

[novascotiaskater]

He was punching his dog??? No wonder it went after someone- that owner should go to prison for negligent manslaughter

[-ucanthandledatruth-]

Whats most dangerous is the fact surveillance was gathered to this extent, they had numerous opportunities to intervene, but didn't until an innocent child was killed.

Shows what kind of society we live in....very dangerous indeed.

[MrG]

That animals had no right to have that dog . It was beaten and kicked and you wonder why it lashes out. So sad.🙏

[leahhaviland]

100% on the owners. They had zero control of that dog and if they abused it like that in public, just imagine how bad it was behind closed doors. They definitely didn’t care that the dog was aggressive

[zach]

"pitbull kills child"

The amount of times I've read this exact headline is staggering. Poor kid.

[SamilyRose]

One of these dogs were after my kids and others in a kids' play area. The owner has obviously trained the dog to bite the swings and hang off them. My kids were terrified. I said "get out of the park now and if that dog comes for you, get on top of that car and stay there". There were kids everywhere and I made the choice to go down fighting if it turned on one of the kids, not just mine. Luckily the police arrived because another parent called them and they were there within minutes. The owner was drunk out of his mind and thought it was extremely funny. One of the dads was about ready to kill him.

[martynblackburn]

Remove their benefits! Put them all in the workhouse!

[Da_Boyds]

He doesn't even have the brains to move it away from the people it's lunging at. He needs put to sleep along with the dog