{"id":884955,"date":"2026-04-10T16:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/884955\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:03:15","slug":"man-arrested-after-baby-killed-in-suspected-dog-attack-in-north-yorkshire-yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/884955\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after baby killed in suspected dog attack in North Yorkshire | Yorkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A 45-year-old man has been arrested after a three-month-old baby girl died in a suspected dog attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Cleveland police said they were called to a house in the Dormanstown area of Redcar shortly after 1.30pm on Thursday afternoon after a report of concern for the welfare of the child. The baby is believed to have died as a result of a dog bite, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A woman, aged 31, was treated in hospital for an injury to her arm from a dog bite. Armed police destroyed one dog that had gone on to the street. A second recovered by police has since been destroyed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The man, 45, was arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death. After questioning, he was released on conditional bail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A police spokesperson said the dogs were assessed by a specialist officer and they have been deemed not to be a prohibited type of dog. Neighbours told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazettelive.co.uk\/news\/teesside-news\/baby-death-dog-bite-dormanstown-33747019?int_source=breaking-news\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teesside Live<\/a> that the dogs were pocket bully-type dogs, possibly crossbreeds. One said the dog was \u201crunning up and down the street\u201d after the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Ch Supt Rachel Stockdale, head of local policing at Cleveland police, said: \u201cOur thoughts continue to be with the child\u2019s family following this tragic and distressing incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI want to take this opportunity to request that their privacy is respected during this difficult time. There will continue to be a scene in place at the property alongside a visible policing presence as the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI encourage anyone who has concerns to please speak to an officer. We are also appealing to anyone with information, mobile or doorbell and dashcam footage to get in touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A North East ambulance service spokesperson said three ambulance crews, one clinical team leader and one duty officer were dispatched to the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 45-year-old man has been arrested after a three-month-old baby girl died in a suspected dog attack. Cleveland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-884955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116381260594351991","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}