The attack from the family’s Belgian Malinois dog ‘transpired within a second or less,’ Coventry Coroner’s Court heard

A BABY girl was mauled to death by her pet dog as her parents desperately tried to pull the animal off her, an inquest heard. Elle Doherty suffered a “catastrophic” head injury after

Area coroner Delroy Henry concluded the attack at the family home in Coundon on 16 June lasted "less than a second" as the dog, called Zeus, was immediately pulled away. Elle suffered skull fractures and a cardiac arrest, and was pronounced dead in hospital an hour after the attack.

Seven-month-old Elle Doherty died after being attacked by the family’s Belgian Malinois dog at her Coventry home in June.