Appeal after dog bites woman in Aberdeen

Officers are appealing for information after a dog injured a woman in the Middlefield area of Aberdeen.

At 9am on Thursday, 27 February, 2025 the woman was walking near Smithfield Drive when she was approached by a man walking a Border Collie type dog.

The dog jumped up and bit her and she required treatment at hospital.

The man is described as white, around 50-60 years old with white hair and was wearing a distinctive black leather jacket with tartan lining. The dog is black and white with a large white patch on it's chest and was wearing a blue rope collar.

Constable Matthew Dickinson said: "We are appealing for anyone that may have saw this man last Thursday or knows anyone matching this description. Anyone with information should call 101, quoting reference 1660 of 28 February."

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