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A dad-of-one has recalled how a terrifying dog attack three years ago left him with serious mental and physical injuries that "destroyed" his life.

Adam Guy, 49, was attacked by his neighbour's mixed breed dog and suffered serious injuries to his upper body and leg. He was forced to have skin graft surgery on his body and his neighbour Taia Ryder received a suspended prison sentence for the offence, which happened in May 2021.

But three years after the attack, Adam is still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and says his life has been "destroyed." He said: "I used to train in the gym and I used to box - but I've lost everything and it's all gone, there is nothing else.

"This has destroyed me really I'm still recovering now after three years. I think about it when I wake up in the morning, I think about it when I got to bed so I don't get any rest. It's constantly on my mind and now I've got PTSD. I've gone from living from a perfect life and having a home for my daughter to this."

Adam says the dog attacked him outside the property in Warrington, Cheshire, but he then went into his flat where he just "bled out."

He previously worked as a machine driver on a building site for 16 years but has been unable to work since the incident and is now living in a hostel.

Adam said: "I bled out in my flat because the main arteries in my arm were cut. I've had surgeries on my legs and now I've got to have 22 tablets a day. I was working for 26 years and now I've got PTSD and have night terrors - you name it, I've got it."

"I'm now sat in my bedroom in a hostel for 23/24 hours a day. Before the attack, I was a machine driver on a building site."

Adam said he warned his local housing company Torus about the dog and said he thought he would be attacked numerous times. But he says his complaints were ignored and if the company did their job, then the "attack would have never happened."

Adam said: "It's absolutely ruined my life - all my complaints were just getting ignored and ignored and ignored. Torus tried to compensate me £150 for what happened, but if they had done their job in their first place, then the attack would have never happened. But they've took no responsibility of what's happened."

Torus have been contacted for a comment.