The devastated mum of a 10-year-old boy killed in a dog attack says she is in a "living in hell" a year after his tragic death - and has called for tougher sentences.
Jack Lis was mauled to death by a seven stone XL Bully dog named Beast after going to a house to play last November.
The dog caused the lad "unsurvivable injuries" despite neighbours rushing to help.
Although two people were jailed in relation to Jack's death, his mum Emma Whitfield says the sentences were "an insult."
Emma said she misses Jack terribly, adding: "We're living in hell."
Amy Salter, 29, and Brandon Hayden, 19, were in charge of the raging animal when it attacked Jack after school in November last year.
Hayden was jailed for four years and six months while Salter was handed three years at Cardiff Crown Court.
Emma is calling for tougher sentences for dangerous dog owners, she said: "For them to get as little as they did, that’s nowhere near close to where it should be.
"Jack was ten, they didn’t even receive half of that and his (Hayden), was even less because of his age. But he knew what he was doing, so how does his age help him get off?
“Everything’s okay for him he’s in prison for maybe a year and a half, two years if he’s released early. He gets to come back out and keep living his life. But mine, I don’t have one anymore.
"No parent needs to go through losing a child and then to go through losing a child at the hands of somebody else for their wrongdoings is something I can’t put into words.
"To this day I’ve not received an apology. I’ve not even got the hint that they have any kind of remorse.
"I don’t want an apology from them. But even down to the day they were sentenced and the way he (Brandon Hayden) walked into court with his sleeves rolled up, who’s he trying to impress?
"And in the dock blowing kisses and winking, where's the remorse there? How could he be smiling? While I’m sat watching what he’s done, listening to what he had done and her and they don’t even seem to be in the slightest bit sorry.”
The court heard Hayden had seen the dog advertised "for free" on Facebook with a warning that it was "not good with other dogs but Emma said owners should take responsibility for their animals, saying: "Have a sense of responsibility. I know this case is completely different to "any other normal dog owner but if you do have a big and powerful dog, then all dogs should be trained even the tiny dogs should be trained."
Hayden had bought the dog just five days before the attack on Jack and asked Amy Salter if it could live in her home.
Jack went to an address in Penyrheol, Caerphilly, on November 8 last year when he was attacked by Beast and suffered unsurvivable injuries.
Hayden, of Penyrheol, Caerphilly, and Salter, of Trethomas, Caerphilly, admitted owning or being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog.
The dog named Beast was shot dead by armed police officers following the attack on Jack.
