Baby attacked by two dogs dies in hospital

A baby who sustained severe head injuries after being mauled by two dogs last month has died in hospital.

Reuben McNulty, who is understood to have been less than a month old when he was attacked by his family’s pets, died at a Cambridge hospital on Thursday, police said.

The Staffordshire bull terriers, Fizzy and Dotty, have been destroyed.

Paramedics were called to a property in Yaxley, Cambridgeshire, in the early hours of 18 November after the attack.

The couple living at the address, Daniel McNulty and Amy Litchfield, are understood to have been the baby’s parents and were reportedly devastated by the attack.

Police said a 28-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man, both from Yaxley, had been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and released under investigation.

Reuben was taken to Peterborough City hospital with life-threatening head injuries and was later transferred to Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge.

Officers said the death was not being treated as suspicious and the case had been passed to the coroner.