Baby killed in Cambridgeshire dog attack suffered "catastrophic injuries"

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Reuben McNulty died at 5 weeks old following a dog attack Credit: Facebook

A baby boy who was attacked by his parents' Staffordshire BullTerrier died in hospital of "catastrophic injuries", an inquest has heard.

Reuben McNulty was just five weeks old when he died at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge on December 13 last year.

He was attacked at his Yaxley home in Cambridgeshire in the early hours of November 18 and taken to Peterborough City Hospital with severe head injuries and later transferred to Addenbrooke's.

Reuben McNulty died at 5 weeks old following a dog attack Credit: Facebook

David Heming, Cambridgeshire's senior coroner, said Reuben "sufferedcatastrophic injuries as a result of being attacked by his parents' Staffordshire Bull Terrier at their home address".

Reuben is said to have sustained a traumatic brain injury, with complications of renal failure and gastrointestinal failure.

The hearing opened in Huntingdon on Monday where Heming adjourned it for a full inquest on May 16 this year.

Police said in a statement in December that: "A 28-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man, both from Yaxley, who were arrested on suspicion of child neglect, have been released under investigation.”

The two Staffordshire Bull Terriers have been destroyed.

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