A HORRIFIED mum fought off two dogs who attacked her daughter’s pushchair.

Allicia Mullen was taking her three-year-old daughter to nursery when the animals cornered them in Norwich Avenue, Southend.

The dogs leapt at little Nancy who was in the buggy. One of them then sunk its teeth into the handle before Mrs Mullen fought back.

She said: “I was walking to Temple Sutton nursery when I saw two dogs who were not on leads.

“They bolted across the road, jumped up at my pushchair, and were trying to bite her.

“I’d never hurt an animal, but I kicked one of them and pushed the pushchair to one side. The woman who was the owner swore at me and said she was going to kill me for kicking her dog.”

Mrs Mullen, 27, continued taking her daughter to the nursery before breaking down in tears at a nearby cafe.

Other mums called the police on her behalf at about 12.20pm on Monday, but police had not yet spoken to Mrs Mullen last night.

She said: “Nancy was a little bit upset because I don’t think she really understood what was happening.

“The next day she said to me ‘Are those dogs coming to get me?’ I said no, but I can’t guarantee her that’s not going to happen again because they are still in the area.”

She later saw the dogs attacking their owner as she walked home from the nursery.

The dogs, described as two Labrador-types, one yellow, one brown, appeared to have the owner on the floor and were biting her arms. She had to wriggle free from her coat before that was ripped to pieces.

It is believed the dogs also attacked another dog, a Stafford-shire bull terrier, with police being called at 11.45am yesterday.

A police spokeswoman said there were no officers free to attend the area after the attack on the buggy on Monday.

She added: “At about 1.45pm, officers attended Cluny Square and spoke to some local people about the incident, but were unable to trace the person whose buggy had been bitten, as they had not provided their details.

“Having identified the dog owner, police attended her address and gave suitably strong words of advice to the woman.”