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A violent mugger who ordered his dogs to attack an Asian taxi driver by shouting 'kill him, kill him' after hurling racist abuse has been jailed for eight years.

Guy Wallace, 20, used his Alsatian and Staffordshire bull terrier as 'weapons' to maul Sajid Hussain and was also overheard shouting: 'Go get him boy' before robbing the victim of his takings.

Mr Hussain suffered multiple bites to his body during the attack and feared for his life as Wallace also shouted a torrent of racial abuse, which was heard by witnesses, and threatened to stab him with a machete.

The victim was left covered in blood with 'shocking' injuries, including a brain bleed and a smashed nose and eye socket.

He also had £120 snatched from a pocket and his mobile phone taken.

Father-to-be Wallace, from Accrington, Lancashire, who has a record for violence, was caught after a witness to the horrifying attack on May 17 recognised him on a social media page as he posed for pictures with his two dogs.

At Burnley Crown Court Wallace admitted robbery and being the owner of a dog which caused injury whilst dangerously out of control in a public place.

The German Shepherd, which was thought to have been trained to respond to orders to kill, was ordered to be destroyed.

a police officer who went to see the German Shepherd considered it to be out of control and extremely frightening.

The other dog 'could be salvaged' and the RSPCA could be given custody of it and try and retrain and rehome it if they chose to.