A WOMAN saved by her cousin and police first aid after being mauled by her own dog has been given a new court date.

Charlotte Harriet Louise Mathers, 43, of Jellicoe Road, Ryde, appeared before the Isle of Wight Crown Court today (Thursday).

At a previous hearing on February 16, she admitted being a person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control.

Today, recorder Anna Midgley adjourned Mathers' sentencing as Mathers indicated she might change her plea. The case was adjourned so she could take legal advice.

Mathers will next appear in court on May 14. She was granted unconditional bail.

As previously reported, on the night of July 19, police were called to an incident in Golf Link Road, Sandown.

Reports were of a Staffordshire bull terrier and Rhodesian ridgeback cross which had attacked and dragged his owner, Mathers, to the ground in the middle of the road.

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Armed officers shot the dog and gave first aid to Mathers and her cousin Mr Downs, whose injuries were initially treated as life threatening.

Mathers required three operations in the space of five days to totally reconstruct her left arm and has suffered extensive, permanent nerve damage to it, the court was previously told.

It later came to light Mr Downs had saved Mathers from further serious injury by rugby tackling the dog, which allowed her to run to a passing car for safety.