A six-year-old boy was savagely attacked by a Jack Russell terrier and left with facial scarring and has now been awarded just over €100,000 at the High Court in Cork. John O’Mahony, counsel for the young plaintiff, told the court yesterday: “Very simply, what happened here is he was attacked by a Jack Russell dog, very frighteningly so. This case was brought before Mr Justice Hanna last year and the judge had some concerns about approving it at that stage and required further updated reports on the boy’s progress. Mr Justice Hanna said: “He has been through a lot. The incident at the centre of the case occurred on September 3, 2014, when the plaintiff was six.

Source: Irish Examiner January 24, 2018 00:00 UTC