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Baby attacked by family's dogs at home near Peterborough dies of injuries

Baby Reuben was less than a month old when he was attacked (Facebook)
Baby Reuben was less than a month old when he was attacked (Facebook)

A baby boy who was attacked by his parents’ two Staffordshire bull terriers has died in hospital.

Little Reuben McNulty, who was less than a month old, died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital on Thursday, Cambridgeshire Police said.

The baby was left fighting for his life after the incident in Yaxley, Cambridgeshire, on November 18.

Police outside the flat in Yaxley, Cambridgeshire, where newborn Reuben McNulty was attacked by two dogs (SWNS)
Police outside the flat in Yaxley, Cambridgeshire, where newborn Reuben McNulty was attacked by two dogs (SWNS)

Paramedics were called to his home in the early hours of the morning after Reuben was attacked by the family’s two dogs.

Reuben was taken to Peterborough City Hospital with severe head injuries and later transferred to Addenbrooke’s.

Baby Reuben was less than a month old when he was attacked at home by the family dogs (SWNS)
Baby Reuben was less than a month old when he was attacked at home by the family dogs (SWNS)

His parents, Daniel McNulty and Amy Litchfield, are believed to have been questioned by police and released pending further inquiries.

Following the incident, a man at the property who did not want to be identified, said: “They’re in bits, they’re devastated.”

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Police said in a statement released on Friday: “Both of the dogs have been destroyed.

“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 death is not being treated as suspicious and has been handed to the coroner.”

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