Mom and grandmother jailed after baby mauled to death by pitbull

The mother and grandmother of a six month old baby girl who was mauled to death by an American pitbull have been jailed. The dog, named Bruiser, grabbed Molly Mae Wotherspoon by her head, launching a sustained attack from which she died due to blood loss. The six month old was being looked after by her grandmother Susan Aucott, 56, while her daughter Claire Riley, 23, went out with friends in Daventry in October 2014. But the dog broke free of its cage in the kitchen, entered the living room, where Molly Mae was on a changing mat, and attacked her. Aucott, who admitted being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog, was sentenced to two years in prison, while Riley, was also jailed for two years for owning a dangerously out of control dog. Both women were also both given a ban from keeping dogs for 10 years. Northampton Crown Court heard how a vet described the dog as ‘one of the most aggressive dogs she had ever seen’. | Metro News via IFTTT

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