A 42-year-old man has died after being attacked by a dog in east London, police have said.
Officers were called to Shirley Road in Stratford at 4.53am on Wednesday following reports a man had been seriously wounded.
He was taken to hospital where he later died.
A 32-year-old woman has been charged with a number of offences over the incident.
They include owning a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death; failing in the duty, as a person responsible for an animal, to ensure its welfare; and having custody of a fighting dog.
Leanne McDonnell, of Stratford, was also charged with three counts of owning a dog dangerously out of control causing no injury in relation to a separate incident on Monday 18 November.
She was remanded in custody to appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
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