A man who took shocking footage of a dog walker being attacked by a bull mastiff this week claimed he had complained to police about the animal “loads of times”. Meeran Hassan’s CCTV camera picked up the sickening attack in Sheffield, South Yorkshire on Tuesday afternoon (September 19).

The video shows a man, dressed in a blue fleece and dark trousers, trying to protect his own small black dog as a larger, tan-coloured canine appears to snap at his arm. As the terrified victim moves around and attempts to fend off the rampaging beast while holding his own dog aloft, the bull-mastiff locks its jaws around his left forearm.

The man loses his balance and falls into the street during the struggle before a red BMW car pulls up to try and scare the attacking dog off. Witnesses say the victim, who was “covered in blood” and “looked like he’d been stabbed” made a dash to a nearby GP surgery before rushing to hospital.