A man has been charged over a dog attack which left a two-year-old girl with serious injuries to her head and body.
Andrew McGowan, 35, of Toxteth, in Liverpool, is accused of being in charge of four dogs that were dangerously out of control, police said.
The two-year-old girl was playing in the garden of the house in when she suffered a "savage" attack on Sunday afternoon.
Neighbours described hearing the girl scream during the attack, which happened on Sunday just before 3.40pm.
The girl was taken to hospital via air ambulance, where her condition is described as serious but not life-threatening.
A spokesman for Merseyside Police said: "Andrew McGowan, 35, of Cockburn Street, Toxteth, has been charged with being in charge of four dogs which were dangerously out of control at the rear of a property on Cockburn Street, which whilst out of control injured a two-year-old girl and 57-year-old woman."
Two dogs were seized by police and have since been killed under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
In total five dogs, identified by detectives as American Bully dogs, were seized by police.
McGowan has been remanded in custody to appear at Liverpool and Knowsley Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
