TV food guru’s dog is savaged

A STROLL in the park turned to horror this weekend for glamorous health food guru Jasmine Hemsley when her beloved dog Julie was mauled by a Staffordshire bull terrier.

The attack happened on the 42nd birthday of her photographer fiance, Nick Hopper, who was injured trying to rescue Julie, a Jack Russell/border terrier cross.

Distraught Jasmine, 36, who, along with sister Melissa, is known as the ‘queen of clean eating’, reveals: ‘A dog without its owner or a collar ran into the park, clamped onto Julie’s ear and skull and started throwing her around. It was savage and awful — there was blood everywhere.

‘Half her head was in its mouth. Somehow, we got the dog off her. Nick’s arm got bitten. Thank God it wasn’t a child. Julie has a deep puncture in her ear and her neck is askew.’

Poor Nick then spent two hours queuing at the police station to report the incident. ‘He’s had the s****est birthday,’ adds Jasmine (pictured with Julie). ‘He also got a parking ticket . . . and paid £350 to stitch Julie up.’