Vicious ‘bulldog’ horrifically mauls ten-year-old boy to death at Cornwall holiday park

Vicious ‘bulldog’ horrifically mauls ten-year-old boy to death at Cornwall holiday park as woman, 28, is arrested

  • The child was found unresponsive at Tencreek Holiday Park in Looe, Cornwall
  • A 28-year-old woman was arrested 15 miles away and remains in custody
  • The dog has been located and transferred to kennels as enquiries continue 
  • One static caravan has been sealed off by police, according to the site manager 

A ‘bulldog’ mauled a ten-year-old boy to death at a holiday park in the early hours of this morning.

Emergency services descended on Tencreek Holiday Park in Looe, Cornwall, just before 5am when they were alerted to reports of an ‘unresponsive’ child who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Three hours later a 28-year-old woman was arrested in Salatash, 15 miles from the site of the boy’s death, and remains in police custody.   

Emergency services descended on Tencreek Holiday Park in Looe, Cornwall, just before 5am after a ten-year-old boy was mauled by a dog

Officers were alerted to reports of an 'unresponsive' child who was pronounced dead at the scene

Officers were alerted to reports of an ‘unresponsive’ child who was pronounced dead at the scene

She was arrested under Section 3 of the Dangerous Dogs Act which holds owner’s responsible for out of control dogs. 

Officers have said that the ten-year-old was attacked by a dog, believed to be a bulldog-type breed.  

Devon and Cornwall Police said: ‘The boy’s next of kin are aware and are being supported by police officers.

‘Following this incident, searches were undertaken to locate the dog and its owner.

‘Police arrested a 28-year-old woman in Saltash just after 8am this morning in connection to this matter.

‘The dog was also located which has since been transferred to kennels. Enquiries continue into this incident.’

Manager of the park Robert Ellwood said: ‘I arrived this morning and police were already on site. 

Manager of the park (pictured) Robert Ellwood said one static caravan has been sealed off by police

 Manager of the park (pictured) Robert Ellwood said one static caravan has been sealed off by police

‘Due to the amount of police we knew it must be something major but we have not been told anything.

‘I have asked the police but they won’t give us any information.’

One witness said: ‘Police have been here all morning and checking what was going on. 

‘There are police stopping people going in and a static caravan has been sealed off.

‘The park is effectively in lock down and we have heard there has been a fatality. It is so sad to hear a child is involved. Just awful.’ 

Three hours later a 28-year-old woman was arrested in Salatash, 15 miles from the holiday park (pictured), and remains in police custody

Three hours later a 28-year-old woman was arrested in Salatash, 15 miles from the holiday park (pictured), and remains in police custody

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