There is still hope for Sky Leigh Barker after dog attack
Dec 16 2010 Huddersfield Daily Examiner
There is still hope for Sky Leigh Barker after dog attack
SHE’S the little girl left scarred after a vicious dog attack.
But after the Examiner ran a story last week about the plight of Sky Leigh Barker, readers got in touch to offer words of advice.
It came after the eight-year-old’s family had been told they could not claim compensation because the dog’s owners had no insurance.
And her Rastrick family were calling for dog owners to have insurance, but it seems there is still hope.
Not only can they pursue legal action, but there is help to reduce Sky’s scarring too, after she was told she’d have to wait 10 years for her skin to develop before NHS treatment was an option.
Sky was left with scars on her cheek and needed 175 stitches after a Japanese Akita ripped a chunk out of her face.
Sue Iredale, of Shaw’s Pharmacy in Golcar, got in touch to say there were treatments available with or without a prescription.
