Nine-month-old baby k!lled by XL Bully dog while staying at father’s home is pictured

A baby suffered massive head injuries that proved f@tal after he was attacked by an XL Bully dog while staying with his father for the weekend, an inquest heard today, Nov. 17. Jonte William Bluck, aged nine months, suffered severe head wounds and did before reaching hospital in an ambulance.  The hearing in Newport was told Jonte was bitten by the family pet while staying at his builder father Jarrod Bluck’s home in Rogiet, Gwent, on November 2. Neighbours feared the dog was spooked by fireworks going off near to 30-year-old Mr Blucks home in the run-up to Bonfire Night. Area coroner Rose Farmer said: “Jonte William Bluck sadly passed away on the 2nd of November 2025. “The brief circumstances are that on the 2nd of November he was staying at the home of his father when he was bitten by the family dog.  The baby’s father “He was conveyed to the Grange University Hospital but did prior to arrival. “An inquest has been opened as there is reason to suspect that he did as a result of a dog bite.” A provisional cause of de@th was given as a compressive head injury, consistent with a dog bite.  The inquest was adjourned until August next year. Following the tragedy, a man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s from Rogiet were arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in [email protected] people were also arrested on suspicion of child neglect. They were later released on police bail as inquiries continue. The dog involved in the incident was a six-year-old XL bully, which was registered with the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and a certificate of exemption was issued in 2024. The family dog was put down after it was seized – and later confirmed as a legally-owned black male XL Bully.The post Nine-month-old baby k!lled by XL Bully dog while staying at father’s home is pictured appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.