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A six-year-old girl from Folkestone who was mauled by a family pet dog has left hospital and returned home two months after the attack.

Chloe Ashman, who lives with her mother, Stacey in the town suffered permanent damage to her voice box but has regained the use of her voice.

She was playing in her garden in June when a family pet Staffordshire bull terrier, attacked.

The family had feared Chloe might not speak again because of the injuries the dog inflicted on her throat.

Her mother fought off the dog with an iron and was also injured.

Chloe had two operations, but still has one arm in a sling because of nerve damage.

Her father Lee Ashman has called for tighter controls on the breed.

The dog was later destroyed, although Kent Police said no offence was committed under the Dangerous Dogs Act.