Woman in 50s ‘loved by everyone’ is mauled to death by 2 XL bullies as family say ‘we begged her to get rid of them’
A MUM mauled to death by two XL Bully dogs was begged by her family to get rid of the pets, they claim.
Angeline Mahal, in her 50s, was found fighting for her life yesterday at a home in Hornchurch, East London.
Cops with riot shields rushed to Cornwall Close and stormed the property after getting frantic calls about a "critical incident".
Angeline could not be saved and the two XL Bully dogs, which have been at the centre of 13 fatal attacks in less than three years, were seized by officers.
A relative told The Sun: "We miss her, she was sincere and loved by everyone.
"We asked her to get rid of the dogs. The bond with owners and their dogs is too strong."
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A terrified grandmother told of seeing medics desperately performing CPR on her neighbour - before local residents were evacuated by cops.
The woman, 72, told The Sun: “ I’ve never seen so many police and paramedics. It was terrifying.
“I came outside to see what was happening and they were giving the lady chest compressions on the floor outside her house.
“We were asked to go back inside by police. About an hour later, police came and asked us to evacuate. We were all taken to the edge of the cordon and had to wait.
“It was truly horrific. Having to register the dogs simply isn’t enough to stop this, more needs to be done.”
Other neighbours have now told of their horror after hearing about the mauling, labelling it "awful".
One, who did not wish to be named, told the Mirror: “The dogs weren’t killed, they’ve taken them away.
"There’s been vans back and forth non-stop since lunchtime and we saw the helicopter come over and you assume the worst.
"Campion [a nearby school and sixth form college] isn’t far from here so you panic it’s kids or something.
"You never think a dog’s going to do that. It’s awful.”
Police remained at the scene this morning and a blue tent still sat in the home's front garden.
A sticker on the house window read: "Nevermind the dog, beware of the kids."
Meanwhile, mum-of-one Sejal Solanki, 37, who lives on Cornwall Close, said she saw a woman walking an unmuzzled XL bully outside the victim’s house last week.
She told The Sun: “Last night I could hear dogs barking and then after that the whole road was full of police cars.
“About a week ago I was with my son and I saw an XL bully being walked by a woman outside that house. It didn’t have a muzzle on.
“I explained to my seven-year-old son that it was a dangerous dog and he should never pat that dog. I told him never to go near it.
“A lot of kids walk through here to get to school and there’s always kids playing here.
“The fact that those dogs have done that to her. Can you imagine if it had got out and the kids were playing on the street.
“It doesn’t bear thinking about.
“I’m really glad they brought the ban out but even then it doesn’t stop things like this happening.
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“People are just going to register them and still have them. It makes no difference. People are still able to own those dogs.”
Since February 1 it has been illegal to own an XL Bully in England and Wales without a certificate has been a criminal offence.
Fatal XL Bully attacks
Woman in her 50s mauled to death at home by two XL Bully dogs in Hornchurch, East London on May 20, 2024.
Esther Martin, 68, was looking after her grandson in Jaywick, Essex, when dogs Bear and Beauty attacked her on February 3, 2024.
Ian "Scouse" Langley, 54, was protecting his puppy when the animal pounced on him outside a home in Sunderland in October 2023.
Ian Price, 52, was viciously savaged in September 2023 by the beasts as he tried to protect his elderly mum from them after they escaped.
Jonathan Hogg, 37, was killed in May 2023 entered the dog's pen when it went for him, leaving bite wounds on his arm, leg and head.
Natasha Johnston, 28, was mauled to death while walking a pack of dogs in January 2023 was believed to have been killed by her own pet - an American Bully XL.
Shirley Patrick, 83, died 17 days after being mauled in a “hellish”, violent dog attack in December 2022.
Ian Symes, 34, who was known to friends as "Wiggy", died at a recreation ground in Fareham, Hampshire, after the savage attack in August 2022.
Joanne Robinson, 43, was fatally mauled by pet Rocco at her home in Rotherham, South Yorkshire in July 2022.
Keven Jones, 62, went into cardiac arrest after being bitten by Cookie-Doe at Chanel Fong's home in Wrexham, North Wales in May 2022.
Bella-Rae Birch, one, was mauled to death in March 2022 at her home by the American Bully XL.
Jack Lis, 10, was killed by a hulking XL Bully dog named Beast in November 2021 as he played at friend's home in Caerphilly.
