Grandmother killed in dog attack ‘likely to have been breaking up fight’

A grandmother killed in a dog attack is likely to have been trying to break up a fight between two American bulldogs before one turned on her, an inquest has heard.

Ann Dunn, 65, was found collapsed with “catastrophic injuries” in the Liverpool home she shared with seven dogs on October 3 last year, the hearing at the Gerard Majella Courthouse was told on Tuesday.

Senior coroner for Liverpool and Wirral Andre Rebello said: “She was looking after family dogs at her home. More likely than not she separated two dogs from fighting, securing one in the kitchen