Frankie Gray Macritchie · Prevention of Future Deaths report

On 17/9/21, I concluded an inquest into the death of Frankie Gray Macritchie, who died at Caravan 72, Tencreek Holiday Park in West Looe on 13/4/19. Frankie was 9 years old.
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The medical cause of death was recorded as:
1a) Exsanguination
1b) Multiple dog bites.

I recorded a Narrative Conclusion that Frankie died from injuries inflicted in a dog attack.

Frankie had gone to the caravan park with his mother, ████████, on holiday. They had joined a lady called ████████ who owned a 5-year-old male American bulldog crossed with a Staffordshire bull terrier ████████. it weighed 45 kilogrammes.
Frankie was left unsupervised with the dog in the early hours of 13 April by his mother. He was attacked by the dog and died from the injuries he suffered.
Subsequent investigations by the police have revealed the dog was involved in two incidents in October 2016 and a further incident in August 2018 when a child was bitten. While both incidents in 2016 were reported to police, it is believed that the incident in 2018 was not.
The obvious concern that came out of the inquest was that, had the incidents in 2016 being investigated differently, this tragic outcome could have been avoided.

That reports of dog attacks are fully investigated and, where appropriate, a dog is euthanised to try and reduce the risks of further and more serious incidents.