Boy on scooter ‘mauled by Staffie called Schizo’

A nine-year-old boy was mauled by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier called ‘Schizo’ as he rode his scooter, a court heard. The snarling mutt lunged at the lad and bit him below the ribs in Hanworth, west London, on April 23 this year. Owner Reece Bushell, 46, was walking his pet when the boy came towards him riding his scooter, Willesden Magistrates’ Court heard. ‘Mr Bushell was coming from the other direction, down the narrow path,’ said prosecutor Fiona Willis. ‘The…