A man has been charged with allowing dogs to be dangerously out of control in Bolton. 

Armed police shot and killed two pitbull-type animals after two people were bitten in Queens Park, on Sunday morning. 

In a statement, Greater Manchester Police said: "Daniel Hennessy, 39, of Curzon Road, Halliwell, Bolton, was this evening charged with two counts of allowing dogs to be dangerously out of control and one count of affray.

"He will appear before Bolton Magistrates' Court on Tuesday April 4."

Daniel Hennessy appears in court accused of allowing dogs to be dangerously out of control in Deane, Bolton

Officers were called to Queens Park after reports that five dogs were dangerously out of control.

Emergency services found a woman in her 40s who had been bitten on the hand and a man with bite injuries on his legs.

Police said armed officers "humanely destroyed" two dogs and seized two more.

The fifth dog has yet to be located.