2010 review: Huddersfield mother has cheek bitten off by dog while defending baby

Dec 29 2010 by John Avison, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

A MOTHERhad her cheek bitten off trying to defend her baby from an attacking bull terrier. Waheed Akhtar, 26, of Thornton Lodge went into emergency plastic surgery and the dog was found and put down.

SEBASTIANMercante, husband of Claire, flew into the UK and knifed to death his mother-in-law Carol Berry, 66, at Bradley and wounded Claire’s brother Andrew Fields who was trying to defend her. Mercante then leapt to his death from the top of a multi-storey car park in Manchester.

MOREthan 80 suspected drug dealers were taken off the streets in a series of dawn raids by Huddersfield police, led by Det Chief Insp Phil Benson. The raids also netted about £200,000 in cash and stolen goods.

A £20Mplan to build a new high school alongside All Saints Catholic College at Bradley was announced. It would mean the closure of Fartown High School.

PLANSfor a new pub and hotel on Castle Hill were thrown out, despite impassioned pleas from many of the 100 or so supporters of the development at the Kirklees planning meeting.

A PILOTclimbed unhurt from the wreckage of his plane after it crashed at Crosland Hill Airfield. The plane, a Diamond 42 worth £350,000, overshot the runway and hit a mud bank.

FORMERTown football star Delroy Facey was arrested over the stabbing of a man in King Street, Huddersfield. He was later cleared of the offence.