11 MONTHS OLD GIRL INJURED TO DEATH BY PITBULL DOG (PICTURES)

A baby girl was injured to death by a dog that neighbours had allegedly warned was dangerous.

Ava-Jayne Corless, who was just 11 months old, suffered horrific injuries when the American pitbull terrier attacked her while she slept.

Her mother, Chloe King, 20, and  boyfriend Lee Wright, 26, heard the commotion and rushed upstairs to rescue her from the jaws of the beast.

Paramedics were called and took Ava-Jayne to hospital where doctors were unable to save her life.

Baby Ava-Jayne

An file picture of an American pitbull. Police said the animal was banned under the dangerous dogs act of 1991

Ava-Jayne pictured with her mother Chloe.

Ava-Jayne pictured with her father Dean and mother Chloe, who are no longer together

The pair are understood to have put the baby to sleep in a bedroom and were watching television downstairs when they heard the attack begin. By the time they reached Ava-Jayne she had suffered catastrophic injuries. The dog was destroyed.

Last night Ava-Jayne’s father, Dean Corless, 24, said

he was devastated by the tragedy: ‘I rushed to the hospital to see her straight away.

‘She was the most beautiful and adorable little girl, she was just the best. She was my  whole world. Her mum and I aren’t together any more, but I saw Ava-Jayne all the time. I will miss her every single day, I just don’t know what to do now.

‘It is just so tragic. I have my family around me now, but we are all devastated.’

The RSPCA confirmed the charity had been contacted after a dog at the address killed a neighbour’s cat.

The death was treated as an accident with no action taken

A neighbour, 80-year-old Brian Harrison, said: ‘That dog was a nightmare for neighbours and people were worried about approaching it.

‘It’s an absolute tragedy that should never have happened.

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Baby Ava, Mother and her new boyfriend Lee Wright

Ava-Jayne pictured with her mother Chloe.and grandma 

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