Male model whose two XL Bully dogs carried out frenzied attack on another dog leaving its owner ‘covered in blood and fur’ is jailed for four months

• Jordan Callender walked two XL Bully dogs when they savagely attacked a dog 

A male model has been jailed after his two XL Bully dogs carried out a frenzied attack on another dog leaving its owner ‘covered in blood and fur.’

A resident in the area stepped in to help as the horror unfolded but was injured in the attack, said to leave the dog owner ‘shell shocked.’

Jordan Callender, 26, of Hornby Road in Stretford, Manchester was walking the two XL Bully dogs named Zeus and Thor on Warwick Avenue in Old Trafford at 10pm on March 6 2022 when the attack took place.

The owner of a husky dog named Sampson, also out for a walk, said the two animals ‘charged’ at his dog, sniffing him before biting his head and back.

Jordan Callender, 26, (pictured) of Hornby Road in Stretford, Manchester was walking the two XL Bully dogs named Zeus and Thor on Warwick Avenue in Old Trafford at 10pm on March 6 2022 when the attack took place

Callender outside Manchester Magistrates Court. He has been jailed for four months 

In a witness statement read out by prosecutor Gareth Hughes at Manchester Magistrates court, the owner said he tried to swing Sampson round on his lead but he slipped off it and tried to run back home but the two dogs chased him.

He said it took five seconds to catch up with them and he hit one of the dogs with a lead before picking Sampson up and running – but the dogs pulled them both to the floor.

He described the dogs, who he claimed people on the street were frightened of and would not go near, as being ‘hell bent’ in their attack.

The owner described how one resident came out with a tennis racket to try to intervene but the dogs still had hold of Sampson.

He said: ‘Someone picked him up and put him on the step of number 16 and closed the gate.’

The court heard how the two dogs then tried to get over the gate, with the owner saying: ‘They tried to finish what they started.’

A witness statement from a resident described how he was at home at 10pm and heard a disturbance outside. He went to his front door and witnessed the attack saying: ‘The two dogs were attacking the husky and would not stop.

‘I stepped in between the two dogs and received a “hard bite” and blood started to flow

‘I pushed the husky through the garden gate and closed it.

‘The owner was shell shocked, he was wandering around with his hands covered in blood and fur.’

An ambulance was called and they were taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary for X-rays and a tetanus vaccination.

The owner, whose glasses were broken and who lost a ring during the attack, said he was left ‘very sore’ after receiving bite marks and teeth marks to his right hand and grazing on his knees. He was given medication for his wounds.

He said of his dog, who survived the attack: ‘I felt like I was going to lose Sampson and was doing everything to help him.

‘I am scared of the dogs if I see them again and if I bump into the owner as I live in the local area.’

Both dogs were taken into police kennels at a cost of more than £4,000 but Thor has since been put to sleep due to an illness.

Callender, who had previous convictions for dangerous driving and aggravated vehicle taking, pleaded guilty to being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control in a public place causing injury.

Defending him, Ms Heather Crosthwaite said: ‘This was a very unpleasant incident.’ and asked that Zeus be given back to his owner.

She said ‘He had this dog for a number of years with no incidents. It was a shock to him the way the animal had behaved.

‘He did what he could to separate them. He suffered injuries himself. It is just an unfortunate incident that occured out of the blue.’

XL Bullies have been banned in the UK after reports of a spate of attacks on other animals and humans [Stock Image]

She said Callender, who works as a model, had had five-year-old Zeus since he was a puppy and said: ‘He has lost the dog for 18 months and would very much like the dog returned to him.’

District Judge Jane Hamilton said she was legally obligated to order the destruction of the dog unless there was sufficient evidence to show it was not a danger to others. She said she had not seen such evidence.

She ordered the destruction of the dog and sentenced Callender to four months in prison.

She said: ‘I have to look at whether you are a fit and proper person to have a dog.

‘As both dogs were off the collar and lead on public streets at 10pm I do not find that you are.’

She disqualified Callender from owning a dog for five years. He was also ordered to pay £150 compensation to both the victims.

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