A woman whose dogs viciously attacked and killed her neighbour in the hallway of their apartment building in California seven years ago has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.

AN American lawyer whose dogs mauled a neighbour to death was yesterday jailed for four years.

A San Francisco judge has thrown out a murder conviction against the owner of a dog that mauled a neighbour to death.

A US lawyer whose dogs mauled a neighbour to death was today facing life in jail after being found guilty of second-degree murder.

A San Francisco appeals court has upheld the death sentence for one of two dogs that mauled a woman to death in the hallway of her flat.