A dog owner has been jailed after his XL bully savaged a police officer in Leicestershire, leaving wounds that required surgery. Aden Hollyoake, 33, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison at Leicester Crown Court for offences including keeping an illegal pit bull at the property.

A dog owner whose XL bully attacked a police officer in Leicestershire has been jailed. The officer was inside a property in Lewis Close, Ibstock, for "less than a minute" when the dog got through a kitchen door,

An XL bully dog clamped its jaws onto a police officer’s leg, leaving him with serious injuries, dramatic bodycam footage from Leicestershire Police shows. Two officers attended an address wanting to speak to Aden Hollyoake on 26 October 2023.

A former dog legislation officer said frontline police enforcing the legislation have been 'swamped'  after the ban came into force last year

A man has been jailed for owning an XL bully which attacked a 12-year-old girl. Justin Allison, 38, was jailed for a total of three years for owning a banned breed of dog, being in charged of a dog that was dangerously out of control and possessing a knife.

A year since new laws restricted the keeping of Xl Bullies in Scotland, there are concerns that another breed is becoming the new “status dog”. The Cane Corso is an Italian breed of mastiff. Weighing up to 50kg, they can have a bite force of 700 psi – stronger than a lion’s, which is 600 psi.

Shocking footage shows the moment a police officer is attacked by XL Bully. The Leicestershire Police officer was left with serious injuries after being viciously attacked by the dog in at a property in Ibstock,