What did you do on New Years Day? For Ellie Lawernson the start of 2007 was also her last as she pestered a dog and died from head and neck injures.

It's just another story circulating around how dangerous certain breed of dogs can be, or should that read how bloody stupid some people are for keeping them in the first place? The blame can't be put on the canine as it's in their nature. Nor can all the blame be pointed towards dead Ellie as she was only five years old. No, the criminals are her stupid Grandmother who kept the dog in the first place.

The death of Ellie lies in the hands of Jackie Simpson who foolishly allowed her Granddaughter to be in the lounge at 4.30am on New Years Day with the dog, which has now been sent to doggy heaven.

Jackie lives in St. Helens and is also suffering from an attack thanks to her dog which went for her as well. Apparently old Fido (um, we don't know the doggies name, but for arguments sake lets call him 'Fido!) has a history of being a ferocious little bitch. The police are now investigation the exact breed of 'Fido' as he could fall under the Dangerous Dogs Act which will leave old Jackie with more mess to deal with as under the 1991 act pit-bull terriers owners can be prosecuted if their four legged friend lashes out on somebody!

David McDowell works for the RSPCA and pointed out that owners can breed different terriers to avoid legislation. He said,

"They (owners) just breed something which is slightly different and call it American bull terrier or Staffordshire bull terrier cross which falls outside the legislation"

This wasn't Fido's first outburst either as back in May he had a fight with a second dog. The owner of the said pooch wishes to remain unnamed, so let's call him Alfred for arguments sake!

Alfred said,

"I was walking my dog early one morning sometime in September last year when I was attacked by 'Fido' outside their house. It was jumping up at me, really going at me, but I managed to hold it at bay with my walking stick."

Just to point out that Alfred isn't disabled, he's 69 so that will explain why he has a walking stick. In case you were wondering!

Getting back to Jackie, she locked Fido outdoors after he slaughtered Ellie and being attacked herself. She was taken to Whiston Hospital where she is currently in a stable condition. Well, until she reads this mornings tabloids, then she may have a nervous breakdown!

At the end of the day it's common knowledge that if you see a dangerous breed of dog for goodness sake - leave it alone! This is common sense and even a child of five would know better than to pester it, well make that a child of six with reference to this story!