10 years for owner of killer bull terrier

Josling said one of her regrets was that he did not see the club play in the Premier League.

She added: “He has missed his beloved Huddersfield Town being promoted to the Premier League, which was his lifelong dream.

“It is simply unthinkable that anyone would die in the circumstances Dave did.

“Dave, as he was known to everyone, was someone that once met was hard to forget.

“Losing Dave was like someone had turned out the light in our lives.”

After the hearing Richard Walters, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said in a statement: “This was an appalling case in which a man lost his life in the most shocking way in a horrific, brutal and sustained dog attack.

“The CPS were able to present evidence to the court to show that Joseph had failed to comply with a previous control order, which stated that the dog must be muzzled, kept on a lead, insured, neutered and micro-chipped.

“In addition he chose to place a dog which he knew to have a history of attacking neighbours in a pen in the communal garden of the flats where he lived.

“Aaron Joseph’s failure to comply with the control order together with his failure to take adequate steps to secure his dog led directly the tragic death of Mr Ellam.

“The gravity of this crime is reflected in the severity of the sentence imposed.

“I hope this is of some comfort to Mr Ellam’s family and friends, as well as the local community, of which he was a well-known and much-loved member.”