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Three-month-old baby girl died from traumatic brain injury after being dragged from her bed and mauled by the family’s rescue terrier which had previously snapped at her
Mia O’Connell was killed by the family dog which attacked in her in her bedroom
The three-month-old was savaged by a rescue terrier called Red in June 2022
The baby died of a traumatic brain injury with haemorrhage, an inquest heard
A woman screamed after finding her three-month-old niece, who was killed by the family dog, an inquest into her death has heard.
Cork Coroner Philip Comyn told the inquest into the death of Mia O’Connell, of Clashmore, Co. Waterford, that while dogs offer ‘wonderful companionship’ they can cause serious harm.
Mia O’Connell was born prematurely on February 22, 2021, weighing just 4lbs 9oz, to Ella Wood and her partner Rhys O’Connell, who had got engaged the previous New Year’s Eve.
Cork Coroner’s Court heard that the couple were deeply in love and ‘ecstatic’ at the birth of Mia.
