A brave schoolgirl left for life in a horrible dog attack has been abandoned by the callous owner, health workers and the courts of the beast.
Pretty Lilly O'Byrne played football opposite her house when the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Cross widely escaped his cage and jumped.
Only 10 at the time Lilly did her best to fight the powerful animal, but was left behind with a gaping hole in her cheek and leaky wounds in her hands.
Her screams were heard by her parents Alex and Kylie O'Byrne who just watched TV in their lounge at a distance of 50 meters.
The couple stormed out to see their little girl in what she described as 'as something from a horror film'.
Engineer Alex rode his blood -driven daughter to the hospital where she had to wait six hours in A&E before she was transferred to a specialized unit where she underwent surgery and was put on an antibiotic drop.
Now 18 months later, the family has launched a GoFundMe appetite for Lilly to get the help she needs to overcome her life-changing physical and psychological injuries.
The schoolgirl still has nightmares and tears rolling down her cheeks when she reminds herself of the attack outside her house in Bridgend, Zuid -Wales.
Lilly O'Byrne (photo), was left with a gaping hole in her cheek and leaky wounds on her hands after a Staffordshire Bull Terrier Cross escaped his cage and her attack
Lilly had to wait six hours in A&E before she was transferred to a specialized unit where she underwent surgery and was put on an antibiotic drop
Lilly's shouting was heard by her parents Alex and Kylie O'Byrne who just watched TV at 50 meters away
With her caring mother and dad at her side, she said: 'I played football with a boy across the street – his mother owns the dog. They keep it in a cage, so I had never seen it.
'The boy entered the house to change his shoes and suddenly the dog came out and jumped to me when biting my face. It was scary, it all happened so quickly. '
The police were called for the incident on 10 September 2023 and the dog, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier crossed with a German shepherd, was portrayed human.
The owner Cody O'Brien visited Lilly's family the next day, but instead of apologizing, she begged them to go along with the pretension that the dog had been admitted by a local farmer to save the feelings of her young son.
O'Brien appeared later before Cardiff -magistrates were accused of the leadership of a dog that was dangerous and caused injury.
She pleaded guilty and was fined £ 666.
Unbelievable, Lilly's parents were not told about the hearing of the court, so they did not see that justice was made or a victim agreed impact statement on behalf of their traumatized daughter.
Her angry father Alex, 39, said: 'Then we discovered that the owner had no insurance for the dog. We brought in lawyers, but because she had no assets, we couldn't do any form of claim against her.
The police were called for the incident on 10 September 2023 and the dog, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier crossed with a German shepherd, was portrayed
Depicted: Lilly with her father Alex, who drove his blood soaked daughter to the hospital after the attack
Lilly, now 11 and a student at Bryntirion Comprehensive School in Bridgend, is to keep up with a diary to help her process her recovery of the attack
'What really hurts is that she still lives there and that she now has another dog. The courts do not forbid her to keep animals, something they are in power. '
The family was also unable to claim from the Criminal Injury Compensation Board because the animal was not on the British list of forbidden varieties and the owner did not deliberately put the dog on the young Lilly.
On his GoFundMe page, father of two Alex said: 'The attack and its effect on my daughter is heartbreaking for me and I tried to support her in every possible way to help her physically and emotional recovery.
'Apart from the comfort of her when she is sad or scared, and buy her expensive creams to improve scars, I have not been able to succeed with something else.
“We feel abandoned that no one gives it that this happened to our little girl.”
Alex said that the family has never been offered help or counseling and because they cannot afford to go privately, they are left alone to tackle the aftertaste of the attack.
His online plea for help continued: 'I would like to raise enough money for Lilly to have the option to opt for further operation to reduce the scars on her face or go to therapy through private medical practices when she thinks things come on top of her.
“I especially want her to feel that people give it up and that she is not only left behind by society to take care of themselves after such a traumatic incident.”
Lilly makes a name for himself as a football player at Byntirion AFC, where she is the highest scoring defender in the local competition
Alex said that the family has never been offered help or counseling and because they cannot afford to go privately, they are left alone to handle the aftertaste of the attack
Alex and Tesco Supermarket Worker Kylie, who has given another daughter Jessica, nine, given permission for the horrible photos that are taken immediately after the dog attack to be published online.
Kylie, 36, said: 'It is seriously affected Lilly, she is easily scared and of course we are worried about how this will influence her in the future.
“She wears makeup to hide the scars, but we want her to get the chance for cosmetic surgery if that is what she wants when she is older.”
Lilly, now 11 and a student at Bryntirion Comprehensive School in Bridgend, is to be able to keep up with a diary to help her process her recovery of the attack.
She also makes a name for herself as a football player at Byntirion AFC, where she is the highest scoring defender in the local competition.
The GoFundMe page, which has a target of £ 10,000, reached £ 1,450 within two days after it was launched.
