A 31-year-old woman has been charged with owning a dangerous dog after a teenage girl was bitten on the face and arm in a play area in Devon.
Devon and Cornwall Police said the 14-year-old was bitten on her lip and arm in the attack on Friday evening. It happened in a play area at Staddon Gardens, in Torquay. The dog, which police believe to be a pit bull terrier, has been seized by officers while an investigation takes place.
Detective Constable Andy Devey said: "She was bitten on the lip and bitten on the arm. She's had to have stitches to an injury on her upper lip.
"The injuries are not life- changing."
In a statement, Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed: "Jennie Linden, aged 31 of Staddon Gardens in Watcombe, Torquay has been charged with being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control in a public place that caused injury to another person, resisting arrest and being the owner of a dog that is subject to a dog control order, and allowing it to be in a public place without being muzzled and kept on a lead.
"This person has been remanded in police custody and is due to appear at Torquay Magistrates' Court on June 24."
