Jonathan Hogg mauled to death by American Bully XL just months after the birth of his son and three days before his daughter’s birthday
A doting father was killed by an ‘out of control’ dog just four months after his son’s birth – and three days before his daughter turned two.
Jonathan Hogg, 37, was mauled in the throat by his friend’s American Bully XL at a house in Leigh, Greater Manchester on Thursday evening. He was taken to hospital but died shortly after.
‘We’ve just had a baby and now I’ve got to explain to our kids why their dad is gone’, his girlfriend Liberty Farrimond, 24, told the Daily Mail.
‘He was an amazing dad. He would have done anything for them. He was a stay-at-home dad and loved being around his kids.
‘Now they’ve had that taken away by a dog. Our daughter turns two on Sunday, and he should be there. It’s not fair.
‘His friends called him Oggy but me and the family call him Hogg Roast because he was so good at Sunday dinner. He made them every weekend.
Police said a 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog causing injury resulting in death. He remains in custody for further questioning.
Officers were called to an address in Leigh, Greater Manchester, at 9.10pm following reports of ‘concern for the welfare’ of a man.
The dog was forced into a cabin in a yard at next to a static caravan and, when armed officers arrived, the animal was shot dead.