Moment West Ham footballer Said Benrahma’s dogs attack man in east London

Man describes'terrifying' moment he was attacked by West Ham footballer Said Benrahma's dogs.Credit: The Independent, ITV News London

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00:00I was taking Bailey out just for a normal long walk in the evening and then just out

00:11of nowhere two large XL Bully dogs come from behind and started attacking Bailey. I didn't

00:20even see them because they come from behind me and the only thing on my mind was to get

00:25those two dogs off Bailey and save him. So essentially what I had to do was jump on the

00:30floor and started to wrestle both of the dogs. They didn't have any collars on so there was

00:36nothing to sort of grip onto them and thankfully I did manage to get them out but then Bailey

00:43ran down the road and both of the dogs chased after him and I generally thought that he would

00:49die. No matter the owner I think it was just an awful experience anyway but I think the fact of

00:53who he is especially with those types of dogs as well. I mean at the end of the day the gate

01:00should have been locked completely and the fact that it was open and also to point out this was

01:05not the first time the dogs have escaped either. They have actually escaped the house and chased

01:10another dog and their owner. Even on the day of the attack as well as to date I've still not

01:16received an apology from him and also when he did turn up at court it was via video. It wasn't in

01:23person and also via video he was in a car and to me that's just not taking it very seriously at all.

01:30If I'd been walking a small dog or if a child or someone elderly had been walking their dog

01:36the situation could have been a lot worse.