The woman who banned the American Pitbull from killing her daughter gave birth behind bars
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A young mother facing jail after a banned American pitbull mauled her daughter to death is now pregnant again and will give birth in prison.
Six-month-old Molly-Mae Wotherspoon was mauled to death by a dog named Bruiser at the family home in Daventry, Northamptonshire, in October 2014.
Her mother, Claire Riley, 24, was due to be sentenced after pleading guilty to possessing a prohibited dog but the order was deferred after she announced at the 11th hour that she was too ill to attend. attend the hearing.
Molly-Mae Wotherspoon, sáu tháng tuổi, đã bị con chó của mẹ Claire Riley, tên là Bruiser (trong ảnh chụp cùng một con chó khác tên là Pups), tàn bạo đến chết tại nhà của gia đình vào tháng 10 năm 2014
Susan Aucott (phải, cùng một phụ nữ không rõ danh tính), 55 tuổi, rời Tòa án Vương quốc Northampton trong phiên điều trần trước đó. Cả hai người phụ nữ đều phủ nhận cáo buộc nhưng sau đó đã thay đổi lời bào chữa
Thẩm phán Sue Carr bực tức nói với Tòa án Vương quốc Northampton: ‘Đây có vẻ giống như Ngày con rắn.’
Nhưng Riley, đang mang thai ba tháng, hiện có khả năng sinh con trong tù, thẩm phán cho biết.
Hoãn bản án sáu tuần vì lý do y tế, cô cảnh báo: ‘Tôi sẽ không trì hoãn cho đến khi đứa con của cô Riley chào đời.’
She added: ‘There are good facilities in prison for babies to be born and cared for and for pregnant women to be looked after.
‘She has to be sentenced, the sooner that happens the better. I’m not sure a delay is in anyone’s interest. We are hopeful a catastrophe will be avoided.’
Bruiser was a dog that is prohibited under the Dangerous Dogs Act and he lived in a small crate.
The child was savaged to death at the family home in Morning Star Road in Daventry, Northamptonshire, and later died of blood loss from her wounds to the head
Molly-Mae was attacked in Daventree (pictured) while being looked after by her grandmother Susan Aucott and later died of blood loss from the horrific head wounds
Molly-Mae was attacked while being looked after by her grandmother Susan Aucott and later died of blood loss from the horrific head wounds.
Riley’s mother, Aucott, 55, also admitted a joint offence of being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog, resulting in death.
They had originally denied the offence but they later changed their pleas.
A vet told the court the court that the pet was ‘the most aggressive dog I have ever seen’ at a previous hearing.
He also said that the dog lacked stimulation was too often kept cooped up in the house, rarely let into the garden, and was ‘jealous’ of the baby.
Coroner Anne Pember said the family had ‘paid the ultimate price for owning such a dog – the death of its baby.’ The animal has since been destroyed.
Two years ago, Ms Riley revealed how one of her dogs had caused havoc in her home by destroying her armchair (left) and sofa (right) and she could not leave it alone for more than 30 minutes
It is not known what happened to her other dog, Pups (pictured), but Riley is likely to be jailed in six weeks
Daventry District Council had been called to the home five months before following complaints about Bruiser and Claire’s other dog but failed to take any action.
She had spoken to Mail Online as a teen student in 2012 about her other dog, Pups.
She claimed her then Staffordshire bull terrier was ‘nuts’ shredding furniture and even a computer and she had to quit college to look after it.
Molly-Mae was described by the devastated family as ‘a little princess.’ After the tragedy her mother split from the baby’s father, Derri Worherspoon.
It was not stated in court who the new baby’s father is.
The two defendants, who both live in Northampton now, will be sentenced on August 26.
The judge insisted that if the mum-to -be ‘would not be fit’ to attend she would require a letter from her obstetric consultant a fortnight before.
Northamptonshire Safeguarding Children is said to be investigating the death.