Shocking injuries of postman savagely bitten by German Shepherd while delivering mail as judge awards him £90,000 compensation

He claimed there was a failure to ensure a person visiting the premises was not attacked by the dog and a failure to adequately or at all deal with previous concerns the worker had with regard to the dog.

The court was told the owner had already admitted liability and the court proceedings were only to decide the level of damages to be paid.

The court heard that McCreary thought he was going to be killed in the ferocious attack and was left in excruciating pain afterwards with three lacerations to his right leg which later became infected.

The postman was out of work for three and a half months as a result and also suffered post traumatic stress as a result.

On the day of the incident, the court heard that the gate of the home was open as the postman pulled up in his van.

As he went to retrieve the letters from the back the dog charged at him latching on to his leg.

McCreary told the hearing: "I was screaming help , help, help. I thought this was it. I was kicking at the dog. I hit him on the snout but I was not going to get away from this dog. I thought it might have lasted three minutes but it was probably 30 seconds."

He said the son of the dog owner dragged the dog off him he pulled himself on his knees to his post van.

"I was a wreck. It scared the life out of me. It is a cliche to say a dog attacks a postman but this was no joke." he added.

The dog was put down after the attack.

Making a total award of €103,300, to include special damages of €3,300 Mr Justice Kevin Cross said McCreary was a most pleasant and honest witness who is left with the scars and the memory of what occurred.

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