XL bully attack victim named as nine-month-old boy who was staying at dad's house

Police at the scene where a nine-month-old baby died after a dog attack (Image: Ben Birchall/PA Media)

A nine-month-old baby boy who was mauled to death by an XL bully dog while staying at his dad's house has been named. Jonte William Bluck was bitten in the head by a family pet in a tragic incident in south Wales on November 2.

A man and a woman were arrested after the fatal incident at an address on Crossway in Rogiet, Caldicot, Monmouthshire. Area coroner Rose Farmer said the tot's provisional cause of death was given as a compressive head injury, consistent with a dog bite .

An inquest into Jonte's death was opened and adjourned at Gwent Coroner's Court this morning (November 17) to allow Gwent Police to continue their investigations .

Police outside a home on Crossway in Rog