Neighbours heard "terrible" screams as a mum was mauled to death by her dogs and threw bricks at the animals in a desperate bid to stop the attack.

Locals rushed to the aid of Elayne Stanley, 44, after they heard shouting and her daughter ran across the road and told a friend: "The dogs are attacking mum."

Mum-of-three Ms Stanley "didnt stand a chance" as she was mauled by her large powerful dogs – a female called Billy and a male named DJ – at her home in Widnes, Cheshire.

Neighbours hurled bricks through a side door and used tools to get the "massive" and "muscly" dogs off her and then screamed for towels as they tried to save her at the bloody scene.

DJ "had the taste of blood" and was shot dead by police and Billy was tranquilised and taken away from the scene, a longtime friend said.

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The pets have been described by neighbours as American bulldog or mastiff-type dogs.

They turned on Ms Stanley and attacked her after she rowed with her daughter just after 5pm on Tuesday, it was reported.

A neighbour, who asked not to be named, told the Liverpool Echo: “I heard a girl shouting ‘DJ’, I know that was the dog’s name and she was calling ‘I can’t get in to her’.

“The screams were terrible and someone was kicking the door.

“I heard ‘get towels, get an ambulance’ and screams, and the girls were crying.”

Neighbour Bev Hall said she ran into the bloody scene in her bare feet as Ms Stanley – who had three daughters, including twins – was attacked after an argument with one of her daughters.

Mum-of-three Ms Hall, who lives opposite Ms Stanley, told the Sun: “We were here putting the tea on and the next thing her daughter Louise came running in screaming for help saying ‘the dogs are attacking mum’."

She said Ms Stanley was behind the closed living room door and she could hear a dog "growling and scratching".

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