The mother and grandmother of a six-month-old girl who was mauled to death by an American pitbull have been jailed. The dog picked up Molly Mae Wotherspoon by her head in a “sustained attack” at her home in Daventry on 3 October 2014. Northampton crown court heard that Molly Mae was being looked after by her grandmother Susan Aucott, 56, while her mother, Claire Riley, 23, went for a night out with friends. Aucott, who admitted being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog, was sentenced to two years in prison. Riley, also of Northampton, was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to owning a dangerously out of control dog.

Source: The Guardian September 15, 2016 12:22 UTC