Mr Bailey, who had to have his finger amputated after a dog attack, with his own dog, Smudge

• WHAT the police said in your October 1 report is wrong, (Dog attack victim has lost a finger).

In the days after the attack they said they tried to get in contact with me.

When I phoned 999 they had my number but they did not contact me until I phoned them four or five weeks later when I saw the CCTV at the block of flats next to the park.

They came and saw the CCTV but closed the case. That doesn’t seem right to me.

I have made a complaint to the police and I have not heard back. If they had attended the 999 call on the day it would be a totally different matter. But they fobbed me off.

Every dog around here should be chipped and registered with the council like my dog Smudge is.

If the council are spending £1.6million on the “We Are Cally” project why can’t they spend a few bob on CCTV in the park?

They said they don’t need CCTV in the park but God forbid if there is a stabbing or a rape.

Would you leave your little’un in the playgroup there knowing there is no CCTV? I certainly wouldn’t.

They had CCTV in Bingfield Park then they took it away. Surely they must have insurance for the playgroup and the concrete basketball area if anything happens there, a serious fall or injury.

Surely there must be some insurance if something happens, like losing a finger. Someone has got to pay compensation.

I am mortified at the amount of medication I have had to take because of this injury. If you turn me upside down I would rattle.

I didn’t expect to go to my local park that I have been going into for two years and come back with the injuries to Smudge and myself.

All I have had is a “sorry that happened” but that doesn’t seem right.

AJ BAILEY
Earlsferry Way, N1