A dog has been put down and a Newbury man has been charged after an alleged attack left two people needing hospital treatment.

It has previously been reported that a Staffordshire bull terrier had allegedly attacked a border collie and four people, two of whom were taken to hospital.

The incident occurred at Smallbone Recreation Ground in Britwell Road in Didcot on September 27.

Dominic Jofirisi, aged 26, of Berkeley Road, Newbury, was charged yesterday (March 4) with two counts of an owner in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury and one count of an owner in charge of a dog dangerously out of control with no injury.

He was released on conditional bail to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on April 4.

The Staffordshire bull terrier has since been put down, police confirmed.

Two of the people were discharged from the hospital on the same day as the alleged incident.

It comes as a ban on XL Bullies was introduced last month in England and Wales following a series of attacks by the breed.

From February 1 it became a criminal offence to own an XL Bully unless the dog has a certificate of exemption.

The Staffordshire bull terrier, also called the Staffy or Stafford, is a purebred dog in the terrier group that originated in the northern parts of Birmingham and in the Black Country of Staffordshire, for which it is named.

It is not illegal to own and keep a Staffordshire bull terrier.