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发帖数: 886 | 1 Eliza-Mae Mullane inquest: Six-day-old baby died after being pulled from her
pram and bitten by family dog
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/eliza-mae-mullane-inquest-
A sleeping six-day-old baby was killed when she was grabbed from her pram by
her family's pet dog, an inquest heard today.
Little Eliza-Mae Mullane was left alone in her pram for a "few moments" when
her mother took one of her other children to the front door for the school
run.
Mum-of-three Sharon John, 42, returned to find Eliza-Mae dead on the floor
next to her pram after being bitten by the family pet.
The inquest heard the baby suffered serious head injuries and died from "
compression injuries to the skull".
Sharon had fed the baby girl before putting her in the pram while she took
her son Harley, five, outside to get a taxi to school.
But one of the dogs slipped into the room where baby Eliza-Mae was sleeping
and fatally attacked her.
Coroner's officer David Williams told the hearing: "Eliza-Mae was being
breastfed when Sharon heard the taxi arrive and placed her in a pram to take
her brother to the taxi.
"Eliza-Mae was asleep in the pram. Sharon opened the porch door and the dog
walked past her into the house - the dog normally sleeps in the porch.
"A few moments later Sharon returned to the house to see the pet dog in the
living room and Eliza-Mae on the floor.
"She had clearly suffered serious head injuries and Sharon believed she was
no longer alive."
Frantic Sharon phoned 999 and desperately tried to perform CPR on her baby
girl but it was too late and she died.
The inquest was told the family had two dogs - a husky-like Alaskan Malamute
called Misha and a terrier called Roxy.
The hearing was not told which dog had carried out the attack - but neither
had caused any problems before the sudden attack on Eliza-Mae on February.
Mr Williams said: "At the time neither dog had showed any aggression."
Both dogs were put down by police two weeks later after a post-mortem
examination and forensic tests on Eliza-Mae.
The inquest in Llanelli, south Wales, heard the cause of death was
compression of the skull with inter-cranial bleeding.
The hearing was told how Sharon had tried to save Eliza-Mae at the family
home in Pontyberem, near Llanelli, South Wales.
Mr Williams said: "Despite the best efforts of her mother she died of her
injuries during the incident."
A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the end of the five-minute
hearing.
Elza-Mae's parents attended the short inquest and left immediately.
In a statement to the inquest Eliza-Mae's father Patrick, 35, said: "We hope
this inquest will raise public awareness of the potential dangers family
dogs can present to very young children.
"I hope Sharon, the children and I can move on from this sadness and recall
the joy the short time we spent with Eliza-Mae."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/eliza-mae-mullane-inquest-
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