A MAN has appeared in court after being charged over an alleged XL Bully attack in Gwent.

Lewis Williams, 22, is accused of being the owner/person in charge of a dog which caused injury after being dangerously out of control in Ebbw Vale.   

The prosecution claims he hurt a boy on Emlyn Avenue on July 8 last year.

Williams did not enter a plea after appearing at Cardiff Crown Court.

His case was adjourned.

The defendant, of Emlyn Avenue, Ebbw Vale, was granted unconditional bail.