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Farrah-Leigh Nichol, 5, was rushed to hospital with devastating injuries to her face after she was attacked by a dog outside a shop in Stockton-on-Tees, Co Durham
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Alex Nichol, 30, stamped on a Pocket Bully after it bit a chunk out of five-year-old daughter Farrah-Leigh's face as they went to a Nisa shop near their home in Stockton-on-Tees
The mother of Jack Lis, whose son was mauled to death by a Bully XL in 2021, has spoken out after five-year-old Farrah-Leigh Nichol was attacked by a dog she'd been given permission to pat