Couple facing jail after their dog mauled 18-month-old girl in playground

Couple facing jail after their dog mauled 18-month-old girl in playground

Michael Thornton and Hayley Eldridge’s dog Max attacked 18-month-old Viktoria Resetjnova while he was being walked by a teenage girl in April last year. Thornton and Eldridge had paid a 15-year-old girl with cannabis to walk their dog on the day of the attack, the court heard.