HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?

A five-month-old girl has died after being attacked by two Rottweiler guard dogs in Leicester.



Police say the dogs, which attacked the girl in the living quarters of The Rocket pub in Stephenson Drive, New Parks, have been put down.



It is thought her parents had been looking after the pub and the animals while the landlord was on holiday.



The girl was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary on Saturday afternoon where she later died from her injuries.



Police have begun an investigation to try to find out what happened.

The dogs are very aggressive - everybody around here is petrified of them

Neighbour Amy Grimbley





Flowers and teddy bears have been left in the doorway of the pub which has been closed since the incident.



Neighbour Amy Grimbley said: "The dogs are known to be vicious. They stay on the roof during the day and whenever you walk past, you get the feeling they could jump down and attack you.



"The dogs are very aggressive. Everybody around here is petrified of them."



She added: "There's a school opposite the pub and nobody is happy walking their kids past the pub after school. I've got a three-year-old and I don't feel at all safe walking past them."



Ms Grimbley's father, James, said: "Our hearts go out to the parents of that poor baby. Everybody is so shocked at what has happened.



"Everybody is talking about it. Nobody can believe it

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The grandfather of a baby mauled to death by Rottweilers has been stabbed in an attack which left his partner dead, a family member has said.

John Brightwell, 50, and Debra Larn, 47, were attacked at home in Beaumont Leys, Leicester, early on Sunday.

His five-month-old granddaughter was killed by dogs at The Rocket public house in Leicester on Saturday.

The death of the baby, Caydee-Lee, is not being linked to the attack, for which two people have been arrested.

The two Rottweilers, which lived at the pub, were put down after the attack on Saturday.

Leicester Police said a 26-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman have been arrested in connection with the attack on the grandfather and his partner.