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A newborn baby boy has been bitten to death by a family dog after his mum fell asleep on the sofa and his dad went out for a cigarette, it has been revealed.

The deceased, Reuben McNulty was just 14 days old when his parents’ pet dog, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier bit his head up to 23 times. He died three weeks later.

Before the incident,
Social workers had warned the parents Amy Litchfield and Dan McNulty not to leave Reuben alone with their two dogs.

But Amy, 31, was in a deep slumber next to baby Reuben, who also slept in a teddy bear bed on the sofa, while the dad, Dan had gone outside for a cigarette when the dog was savaged by one of the dogs at the family home in Yaxley, Cambs, UK.

An inquest on Tuesday, January 11, heard that neither Reuben nor the dogs were being directly supervised at the time of the attack just before 2am on November 18, 2018.

Family dog fatally bit14 day old baby on the head 23 times after mum fell asleep on sofa

Neither of the child’s parents attended the hearing.

When Dan got back in, he found the white dog called Dottie and the baby covered in blood while the baby’s mother was asleep.

Dan immediately called 999, telling the operator: “I think the f dog’s attacked him. My partner was asleep, I just heard crying.

“He’s just bleeding, you know? I was like what the f***?”

When paramedics arrived, Daniel and Amy refused to hold baby Reuben, the inquest heard.

The baby was then airlifted to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge where it was discovered he had severe brain, spinal and skull injuries. He passed on at the same hospital on December 13 – three days after life support was removed.

Simon Newbury, a veterinary forensics expert, revealed that the dog may have bitten Reuben up to 23 times in the head while shaking him around.

Mr Newbury told the inquest at Peterborough Town Hall: “It’s possible that Dottie saw Reuben as a small prey or a squeaky toy.

“It’s possible that Dottie was stimulated into a predatory drive by crying or a movement [by Reuben].

“There appears to have been no supervision of the dogs. Amy was in a deep sleep, Daniel was downstairs, outside, smoking.”

Police had arrested Dan and Amy for allegedly neglecting their child but prosecutors changed their stance and decided not to charge them in December 2020.

Both dogs were seized by police and killed after the heartbreaking incident.

Dog eats drunk herbalist’s private parts in Calabar

The Yuletide celebration has turned sour for a 60-year-old herbalist in Calabar, identified as Ani Ikoneto whose private parts was bitten off and eaten by his dog.

This incident occurred on Christmas Eve. The herbalist, who resides at 12, Jebbs Street in Calabar South, according to neighbours, went on a drinking spree and returned home drunk.

“When he came back, we had gone to bed but some people were still outside.

“He went inside his room and slept off without shutting the door and because of too much drink, he excreted on himself.

“His dog that was outside smelt the poo and went inside to eat it.

“In the process, the dog ate his private parts thinking it was meat or part of the excreta,” Itoro, his neighbor, said.

When the man raised an alarm, his neighbours rushed to his house and discovered what had transpired.

“When we heard him scream, we thought hoodlums had attacked him.

“But when we got there, we saw that his private part was gone and his dog had blood on its mouth,” the neigbour said.

As he was covered with poo and bleeding, Itoro said the man could not be rushed to the hospital immediately but had to be cleaned up first.

“By the time we finished cleaning him of the shit, he was bleeding so much and on the way to the hospital he died,” she added.

The man lived alone as his daughters were married and lived away from him.

He was taken to his village, Ikoneto on Boxing Day for burial.

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