A WOMAN claimed a dog killed her pet and bit her on the face.

Chelsie Preston, 24, stated a “big dog” galloped and leapt at her as she held seven-month-old Maltipoo Teddy in her arms.

Miss Preston said she had to drop Teddy and usher her frightened five-year-old cousin home in Glasgow’s Maryhill.

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When she returned the dogs had been separated but Teddy had passed away and was kept in a box to be cremated.

Leia Bryson, 20, is on trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court accused of owning a Labrador and Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross that was dangerously out of control which killed Teddy and bit Miss Preston on the head to her injury.

Miss Preston told the court in her evidence that she was on her usual walk with Teddy on November 17, 2022.

The witness said she heard people shouting in the distance and saw a dog.

She said: “There was a three-foot wall and my dog was behind it.

“When I looked up I saw a dog galloping at me and it got my attention.”

The BT worker stated that the dog did not have a lead.

Prosecutor Gail Campbell asked what happened next.

She replied: “I picked up my dog and the other dog started lunging towards me. I was screaming help and my cousin started screaming.

“I felt fearful it just started biting my arm and got my face and it got my dog.

“The dog had my dog and I let it go – I had to get my wee cousin away.”

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The witness later told the court Teddy was crying at the start of the attack but went silent.

Miss Preston stated that she put the boy inside and alerted her stepdad and neighbour.

She claimed that her face was “full of blood”.

Miss Preston told the court when she went back to the scene the two dogs were separated.

She stated that no-one came forward to claim that they owned the other dog.

Miss Campbell asked what condition Teddy was in and she replied: “I didn’t get to see, she was put in a box.”

The witness stated that Teddy was taken to a vet where she was cremated.

Miss Campbell asked how she felt at the end of the incident and Miss Preston said: “Distraught.”

Kevin Corr, defending, asked if the other dog was kicked by people separating the two.

The witness replied: “Not from what I saw.”

The lawyer also asked if someone at the scene said: “Someone better own up whose dog this is.”

The witness also denied knowledge.

Miss Preston said she met Bryson at the scene but she did not claim ownership of the other dog.

The witness also claimed she heard Bryson’s windows were smashed but did not know who was responsible.

The trial continues next month before Sheriff Kevin McCarron.