đ¨Three people have been arrested in the heartbreaking case of a baby girl, just 13 weeks old, who tragically lost her life after being bitten by a dog. Her funeral will take place on May 1 at 12pm at St Peterâs Church, followed by a private burial. The babyâs parents broke down in tears as horrifying details about the final moments leading up to the attack began to emerge. No one could have imagined such pain for a baby only 3 months old. Watch now.
A baby girl who was killed after being attacked by a suspected pocket bully-type dog has been named for the first time.Maggie May Ann Moody died inside a house in Redcar, North Yorkshire, on April 9 – just a day before she would have turned three months old, an inquest heard.
During a short two-minute hearing, Teesside area coroner Paul Appleton said the provisional cause of the baby’s death was recorded as “head injury”.
Maggie was pronounced dead at Middlesbrough’s James Cook university hospital, with her body identified two days later by her grandmother, Michelle Scott, the court was told.
The infant had been born only weeks before the tragedy on January 10 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Two dogs were involved in the attack, but it remains unclear which one was responsible for Maggie’s death
Cleveland Police shot one of the animals dead at the scene, while another was detained and later destroyed. Residents at the time described the dogs as “pocket bullys”.
Police have not publicly specified the breed but confirmed the animals were not illegal to own.
Three people were arrested and have since been bailed pending further enquiries. A 31-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of child neglect and being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing death.
A 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing death, and a 45-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control, causing injury resulting in death.
During the inquest hearing today, Mr Appleton outlined the events in the aftermath of the tragedy.
He said: “At 1.33pm on April 9, 2026, Cleveland police force received a 999 call from ambulance service paramedics requiring assistance at an incident in Hardale Drive in Redcar.
“The ambulance service stated that they were responding to a report of a child not breathing and the child had been attacked by a dog.
“The ambulance service provided instructions over the telephone on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) until emergency services workers arrived. I am told that there were two dogs present at the address.
“Initial accounts provided to my officers have indicated that the dogs were originally in the rear garden but then made their way into the room where Maggie was located.”
Residents had earlier told how police urged people to get inside any cars, houses or gardens to escape a dog that had been running up and down the road.
Scarlett Calvert had been to town that day and returned home to find a cordon and “a commotion” unfolding. “I was on the path behind the police tape when one of the dogs escaped,” she told Teesside Live.
“Police said to everyone just just get in anyone’s cars, houses or gardens,” she said.
“Two police officers came up to me and I got put in someone’s garden.
The next thing I heard was a gunshot. They had already captured one of the dogs and put it in the van but then the other dog got out through a gap in the fence.”
Police said a woman, aged 31, suffered an injury to her arm as a result of the dog bite and received treatment at hospital.
(Teddies and flowers left at the scene in the days after)
Tuesday 21 April 2026