Amazon delivery driver attacked by vicious dog while attempting to post package

The driver was attempting to a deliver to a parcel to Gemma Saunders in Treharris, Wales, on May 11 2022.

As he approached the house, he heard ferocious barking from two dogs – including a large French Mastiff – coming from behind a set of French doors.

The French Mastiff, called, Gucci, managed to escape the house and proceeded to attack the worker.

Gucci “lunged” at the driver and knocked him to the floor, then “sank his teeth into the complainant’s forearm”, Prosecutor Cat Jones said.

The driver had to make his own way to a nearby hospital as there were no ambulances available.

Swansea Crown Court heard that the owner’s attempts to intervene “amounted to effectively standing and shouting and hoping the dog would stop”.

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Saunders’ and her daughter came out of the property and screamed at the dog to stop. Meanwhile, the victim managed to get up off the floor and used a nearby chair to defend himself with.

Saunders’ son eventually came out of the house and was able to get the dog to calm down.

The police were called to the scene and Gucci, who was “still barking and acting aggressively” was removed from the property.

In a statement read out to the court by prosecutor Jones, the delivery driver said: “At one moment I feared if I didn’t get the dog off me, I would die.

“I think of what would have happened if the dog had attacked a child or a female delivery driver.”

Jones said there was a “lack of safety or control measures” and a “failure to intervene”.

She added that Gucci lacked “any basic training”.

The owner of Gucci initially denied that the dog belonged to her, however, was convicted at trial in June.

Saunders, who has no previous convictions, returned to the dock yesterday for sentencing.

Defence Hannah Friedman told the court that Gucci had no history of aggression and Saunders had received no previous complaints about the dog.

Saunders, who was “mortified and apologetic” about the attack, was given a 12-month community order with 220 hours of unpaid work, and must pay £2,400 of prosecution fees.

Gucci will not be put down as long as safety measures are put in place, due to a contingent destruction order that was placed.