The dogs, Bruno and Bessie, were owned by the partner's mother (the licensee of the pub) and were destroyed soon after the death. St Helens, Merseyside, England – Victim's grandmother, after smoking 10 cannabis joints and drinking two bottles of wine, let the 75-pound dog inside the house where it attacked and killed the 5-year-old girl. Kiel Simpson, the victim's uncle and owner of the dog, was jailed on possession of an illegal dog and banned from keeping dogs for five years. The grandmother was acquitted of criminal charges. Almost 200 banned dogs were surrendered the following month when Merseyside Police offered an amnesty.
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England – The victim was being carried by a 7-year-old girl when the dog attacked, wrenching the 1-year-old boy from her arms.
The victim was then dragged into the garden of his grandparents' house and mauled.
