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A mum has died after her artery was severed when her pet dog sank its teeth into her arm as it fought with another dog over chicken nuggets, an inquest heard. ‌

On July 29 last year, Michelle Hempstead was throwing the McDonald's snack to her Pomeranian dog called Pom and mastiff rottweiler cross called Trigg , the hearing in Chelmsford, Essex, was told. ‌

The 34-year-old was feeding the two dogs at her flat when the larger dog, Trigg, caught her upper left arm and an artery when snapping at the smaller dog, Pom. ‌

Pom "had a go at Trigg" and Trigg "did go to bite him or snap at him, and this is a big dog with big jaws", according to Essex senior coroner Lincoln Brookes. He said he accepted Pom and Trigg were "quite well behaved" and Trigg was "an otherwise ge

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