Parents of newborn baby boy who was mauled to death by their Staffordshire bull terrier will NOT 直面する 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s after 存在 逮捕（する）d for child neglect

  • Two-week-old Reuben McNulty was attacked by a dog at his Peterborough home
  • It is thought parents Dan McNulty and Amy Litchfield were questioned by police
  • Cambridgeshire police now 確認する no その上の 活動／戦闘 to be taken in 悲劇の 事例／患者

By Katie Feehan For Mailonline

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Reuben McNulty died in hospital after a dog attack at his home a month earlier

Reuben McNulty died in hospital after a dog attack at his home a month earlier

No one will 直面する 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s に引き続いて the death of a five-week-old baby boy savaged by a Staffordshire bull terrier dog, police have said.

Reuben McNulty was just two weeks old when he was attacked at a 所有物／資産／財産 in Yaxley, 近づく Peterborough, Cambs., in November 2018.

He died three weeks later at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, after 苦しむing 厳しい traumatic brain 傷害 and gastro-腸の 失敗.

It is thought two people, believed to be his parents Daniel McNulty and Amy Litchfield, were questioned by police after 存在 逮捕（する）d on 疑惑 of child neglect.

But now, a police 広報担当者 has 確認するd no その上の 活動／戦闘 will be taken.

The spokesperson said Cambridge Constabulary has been working 'extensively' with the 栄冠を与える 起訴 Service.

They 追加するd: 'The 30-year-old woman and 33-year-old man, both from Yaxley, who were 逮捕（する）d on 疑惑 of child negl ect, have been 解放（する）d with no その上の 活動／戦闘 to be taken.'

Two Staffordshire bull terrier dogs - 指名するd Fizzy and Dotty - were destroyed by police a month after the 残虐な attack.

At the time of the attack, Amy Litchfield's father, Paul Litchfield, defended the couple, calling them 'fantastic' parents.

Cambridge Constabulary has confirmed no further action will be taken after the death of five-week-old Reuben McNulty. It is thought his parents, Daniel McNulty and Amy Litchfield (pictured), were questioned after the attack which saw the two dogs put down by police

Cambridge Constabulary has 確認するd no その上の 活動／戦闘 will be taken after the death of five-week-old Reuben McNulty. It is thought his parents, Daniel McNulty and Amy Litchfield (pictured), were questioned after the attack which saw the two dogs put 負かす／撃墜する by police

Tragedy unfolded in November 2018 at the family's home in?Yaxley, Cambridgeshire, pictured

悲劇 広げるd in November 2018 at the family's home in?Yaxley, Cambridgeshire, pictured

Speaking two days after the 出来事/事件, he said: 'At the end of the day it's just a big freak 事故 and everyone's making a big thing of it.

'They've done nothing wrong and the way it's 存在 portrayed at the minute, they're horrible parents. They 血まみれの aren't, they've been fantastic.'

An 検死 held in January last year at Huntingdon 検死官's 法廷，裁判所, Cambs., 結論するd that baby Reuben died after 苦しむing a traumatic brain 傷害.

David Heming, Cambridgeshire's 上級の 検死官, said Reuben '苦しむd 壊滅的な 傷害s ... as a result of 存在 attacked by his parents' Staffordshire bull terrier at their home 演説（する）／住所'.

The dogs, named Fiz zy and Dotty, were destroyed following the attack in Cambridgeshire

The dogs, 指名するd Fizzy and Dotty, were destroyed に引き続いて the attack in Cambridgeshire

A social media post by a relative of the family in the week that little Reuben died in hospital

A social マスコミ 地位，任命する by a 親族 of the family in the week that little Reuben died in hospital

He said Reuben 支えるd a traumatic brain 傷害, with 複雑化s of renal 失敗 and gastrointestinal 失敗.

'All these 傷害s are 一貫した with a dog attack,' he said.

He 追加するd: 'The events surrounding the 悲劇の death of Reuben are 明確に 破滅的な for his parents and I would like to 表明する my 弔慰s and 延長する my sympathies に向かって them.'?

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