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A schoolgirl was killed by her family's pet XL bully after she was left home alone, an inquest heard.

The dog, named 'Biggie', was said to have been covered in blood when the girl's mother returned to the horrific scene.

Savannah Bentham, ten, was alone in the static caravan where she lived with her parents in the village of East Heslerton in North Yorkshire when she was attacked by the six-year-old family pet, a police officer told a coroner today, Tuesday, September 23.

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Det Chief Insp Matthew Wilkinson told the hearing in Northallerton how Savannah's mother, Tracey Bentham, had popped out to ask a relative to fix a faulty gas canister connection.

Mr Wilkinson said: "Savannah was in a foetal position

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