Man and woman jailed over death of boy, 10, mauled by dog

A man and woman have been jailed after both admitting to being in charge of a dog that mauled a 10-year-old boy to death.

Jack Lis was attacked by the American bully, known as Beast, while playing with a friend at a house after school in Petwyn, Caerphilly, Wales on November 8, 2021. Brandon Hayden, 19, received a sentence of four years and six months at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday, while Amy Salter, 29, was sentenced to three years in prison.

Salter, of Trethomas, Caerphilly, admitted being a person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control, causing injury resulting in Jack’s death, while Hayden, of Penyrheol, Caerphilly, pleaded guilty to being the owner of the dog that killed Jack. Both of them have been banned from owning a dog indefinitely.

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Wales Online reports that in his sentencing remarks, Judge Michael Fitton QC said: “I have to sentence you for offences related to the ownership or responsibility of being in charge of a dog that cause injury relating to the death of Jack Lis on November 8.”

The judge added: “I’d like to pay my personal respects and express the court’s condolences to the family, loved ones and all those that knew him. Every life this court learns about is itself precious and the value of every life is greater of course to those who knew and lived the individual."

He continued: "For any child to lose their life at the age of 10 is bad enough but the circumstances we have heard and read and the pain expressed in VPS [victim personal statements] in intense terms the unbearable impact and harm it has done to those who knew and loved Jack. His death was an utterly tragic and needless event, it should never