A grade six teacher is now battling for life after she was mauled for hours by a pack of pitbull dogs on Thursday.
The St Richards Primary School teacher was heard screaming for help “for hours” while she was being mauled by at least four dogs on Woodland Way, in Coopers Hill, St Andrew, neighbours and friends told The Gleaner.
They blasted the police, claiming a team did not show up until nearly four hours after the incident was reported.
The police have disputed this claim.
Police spokeswoman Deputy Superintendent Dahlia Garrick said based on her preliminary investigations that it did not take cops four hours to respond.
Garrick says an investigation is underway to establish, among other things, the time between when the police were notified of the attack and when a team arrived at Woodland Way.
“The call was placed to police control then dispatched to a team in the area. When they [the police team] got the call [from control] they were on another assignment”, Garrick explained.
“I am satisfied that this is not being treated lightly”, she insisted.
The family friend said when the attack ended, the sixth grade teacher had lost an ear and “had wounds so deep doctors could barely stitch them”.
“Her legs were torn apart and she is swollen, especially her head”, the family friend disclosed.
Its reported that she underwent surgery late yesterday and was expected to do another operation today. She remains in intensive care.
According to reports, the teacher, who moved to Coopers Hill shortly before the new school year began in September, was out for her regular evening walk when the incident happened.
The family friend said a neighbour reported hearing the cries for help for over an hour and thought something was wrong.
He reportedly went outside to find out what was happening when he saw the woman on the ground and four dogs mauling her.
“He said the more she moved is the more the dogs bite her so they told her to stay still and that’s when they stopped biting her and start licking the blood”, the friend told The Gleaner.
It’s reported that he ran to the Red Hills Police Station to get help, but the cops did not show up until nearly four hours later.
“When they got there the dogs were still mauling the woman. The dogs tried to attack the police and one of the policeman fired a shot in the air and the dogs ran”, the family friend claimed.
Garrick confirmed that when the police team arrived the woman was still being mauled by the dogs and had to be rescued by the cops.
Shame on the police for taking so long to respond, it must be a terrible experience for the victim to be in such a helpless situation and no body come to your aid, I’m praying for a full physical and mental recovery for this lady. a small child would’ve probably died from such an ordeal. They need to make legislation for every pet dog to be microchipped so that owners can be prosecuted if their dogs harm others.
Mercy God. Why them can shoot to kill human beings but them let the dogs get weh? Those dogs should have been killed because this is bound to happen again. I hope the teacher makes a speedy recovery.
OMG!!..so where are the owners of these dogs and why are they on the road? Lock them up and kill the dogs
Stop blaming the police. Report states that she was heard crying for help for hours, so why not gather and attempt to get the dogs off of her? This woman will be scarred for life because humanity is inhumane.Sad.
Mi ago chalk dis up tuh an seh a joke cause it cyaah real…. Wah him seh??? How ppl fi hear someone a cry fi ova a hour an nuh guh look or try help??? Di time yuh deh deh yuh nuh guh call di neighborhood an unnu eeda beat di dogs dem an mek some noise fi dem run…yuh run guh police station an leff di ooman???? No mi luv dis nuh mek sense tell him fi guh fi di real tory an carry it back come… Bout police! Everything unnu blame police an di creator gives us authority over animals kmt a wah duh dem ppl here.
How these dogs were ever allowed in the country is beyond me. Who passed the law to allow these killers on the island. Good God and the woman just moved to the community. What kind of disgusting place that is that someone crying for help for hours and nobody think to call for help from the first ten minutes of hearing the bawling and screaming. Then police take four hours to respond to the call.
May God do what is right for her. The level of trauma to her body, and the mental trauma I cannot even imagine. May God do what is right for her case.
This is straight madness. Someone heard someone crying for help for over an hour? Then that person went outside and saw dogs mauling a woman? Then that same person called the cops instead of calling neighbors to get their machetes and attack the dogs? Then they waited four hours knowing the woman was being eaten alive by said dogs? Then they are blaming the cops for showing up late?
Real Talk 😡