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A nine-month-old boy mauled to death by an XL bully dog has been named as Jonte William Bluck. The infant was bitten by a family pet while staying at his father's home in south Wales on November 2.

An inquest into Jonte's death was opened and adjourned this morning (November 17). Gwent Coroner's Court heard a provisional cause of death was given as a compressive head injury, consistent with a dog bite.

The inquest was adjourned until August next year while police inquiries continue. Two people were arrested after the incident at an address on Crossway in Rogiet, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, on November 2.

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Area coroner Rose Farmer said: "Jonte William Bluck sadly passed away on the 2nd of November 2025 at his home address. The brief circumstances are that on the

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