Overview
- Jason Stafford, 49, was sentenced at Newport Crown Court after pleading guilty to three counts of owning dogs dangerously out of control causing injury.
- The March 30 attack in Llanrumney, Cardiff involved three Staffordshire Bull Terriers that mauled a mother carrying her six-day-old baby, leaving the infant with a head cut.
- The mother has undergone multiple surgeries, including skin grafts and tendon repairs, and a male friend who intervened reported chronic pain, scarring and reduced mobility.
- Judge Daniel Williams called the photographs of the injuries "dreadful" and told Stafford he showed "a casual disregard for the safety of others."
- All three dogs were destroyed, and the court heard a prior December attack had prompted a safety plan that Stafford ignored.