Woman bitten by two dogs in Hampshire park

On Sunday, July 26 at around 4.10pm, the woman in her 50s was walking near the steps of St Catherine’s Hill in Winchester when a pair of black Rottweilers knocked her to the ground.

The dogs bit the woman several times, causing injuries to her leg and back.

A spokesman for Hampshire Constabulary said: ‘We would like to identify and speak to four people who were at the benches at the time of this incident.

‘They were two men and two woman, described as all being aged in their late 20s to early 30s, and they had a pushchair with them.

‘They are believed to have left the area with the dogs after the attack.’

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting the crime reference number 44200280009.

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