To be horrified and heart broken by the Frankie Macritchie case

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Frankie Macritchie dog attack death: Mum Tawnee Willis jailed www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-52939564

I think the mother will be haunted by her actions for the rest of her life but Jesus fucking Christ, I can't believe anyone would think it was a good idea to leave a child alone with any dog, let alone a 7stone bull breed.

I love my dogs and I trust them with my life but there isn't a chance in hell I would leave them with my children for just a minute.

I'm sharing because it's easy to get complacent, especially when you have good natured dogs like mine.

I feel sad for everyone in this sad story but just desperately sad for what that little boy must have gone through that evening, alone.

What a poor excuse for a mother. Leaving a nine year old alone playing video games at 2am in a caravan with a dangerous dog, while she drinks wine and takes cocaine. I'll reserve all my sympathy for the child's father and the rest of the family. It's a shame she was only charged with neglect and not manslaughter. One year (which is what she'll probably serve) is ridiculously lenient.

Awful things can happen to children when they are left alone while their parents go somewhere else to enjoy themselves. A very famous case is proof of that.

I remember being devastated at the time thinking about the horrific death he must have suffered all alone in the early hours of the morning. Parental neglect is heartbreaking.

This is one of the most horrific things I have heard.
That poor little boy.
Dog bites bloody hurt. I can’t even imagine what he felt especially knowing his mum was only next door.
I wouldn’t be able to live with myself knowing my child went through all that, through my actions.

That poor little boy.

I wonder if this would be an appropriate time to introduce some sort of licence for dog owners?

I know she must punish herself every day for what happened but still

Why do people assume this?

I’m sure I’d read previously that the dog had a history of biting? Such a shame for the wee boy.

I wonder if this would be an appropriate time to introduce some sort of licence for dog owners?

We had them before.

The problem is that people who want to have a dangerous dog, will still have one and not get a license.

Plenty of people drive without license, its difficult enough to track them down.

Sentences should be harsher. And any dog attack should be reported.

This dog had attacked before. How is it that it wasnr reported? Or is it was reported, why wasn't anything done?

The main issue here, is also that the hold was neglected. Not just that night.

Two fucking years. It’s that all his little life is worth?

So the boy was found at 0430 in the morning and the PlayStation was still on? She had checked on him two hours previously, when presumably he was playing PlayStation?

What kind of parent let's a 9 year old play PlayStation at 0230 in the morning?

The mother deserves a longer sentence than the dog-owner, imo. Both were to blame, but the mother bears more responsibility for not keeping her child safe.

Selfish idiots, both of those women.

So he was shouting at the PlayStation and the dog saw it as some kind of threat? Poor, poor boy. My god what he must have been through.
The mother and the friend should have gotten a tougher sentence.

This is one of those situations where the guilt that the mother will live with for the rest of her life will punish her far more than any prison sentence ever could, even if it were the maximum tariff available. What would a longer sentence achieve? It's an awful case, truly horrific. It doesn't matter how many years his mother spends in prison - it won't bring this boy back or end his family's pain.

I remember this. Didn't the friend find him, couldn't wake the mother who was passed out in another caravan and then the friend legged it with the dog?

Poor child. How absolutely heartbreaking.

I have zero sympathy for his mother and her despicable behaviour. Apparently the boy's grandmother was on the campsite that night, why wasn't she asked to babysit the boy while mum partied with her mates?

I just can't understand why any parent would leave a small child unattended, let alone with a dog who had attacked another child previously.

I find some of the coments on here about the mother surprising. Yes, this is a horrific case, a child has died, the mother could have stopped it.

But... the dog killed her son, not her, as some of the comments above suggest. Yes, she made an error of judgement, as we all have,but hers happened to have horrific consequences, and one that will no doubt ruin the rest of her life.

We don't know anything about this boys life up until this point. Had he been out playing in the street with friends while she quaffed prosecco in the garden, would we have more sympathy?

Jesus fucking Christ

YANBU about the young boy, but is it really necessary to refer to someone people revere in this way?

I have a golden retriever, one of the gentlest dogs going. However, she is known to guard her toys/food/sticks and despite lots of training and behavioural stuff, she is 5 now and has never changed. She will, never change.

I wouldn’t leave her, or any other dog alone with any child or baby/toddler. How terribly sad. It KEEPS happening doesn’t it?

I'm wrong about the mum, sorry. That was a baby smothered when she lay on him.
Apologies for getting it wrong and adding falsi information.

I have absolutely no sympathy for this excuse for a mother at all. None. I hope she suffers for every second of the rest of her life.

Ditto the owner of the dog.

So awful. That poor child. That vile mother.
The sentences should have been far, far longer.
And the owner of the dog should NEVER be allowed to own a dog again, not just a 10yr ban.
I doubt these the mother actually cares that her son is dead - she clearly didn't care about him when he was alive.

The cunt who owned the dog should have gotten longer than 3 years - the dog had attacked before. Why are people so utterly stupid about dogs? For fuck's sake, it annoys me so fucking much. Bull breeds and the owners stating over and over and over and over and fucking over - oh he's placid, I'd trust him with my life. He's a D.O.G.

Idiot woman.
I feel sorry for the mother actually, she has lost her son. Who knows, maybe she had drug and alcohol problems. I don't think jail is the place for her, I'm sure she has learned her lesson and is it really in the public interest to jail a grieving mother for 2 years? Not to me, but I'm not cruel.

The idiotic stupid cunt of a 'friend' though, I'd happily lock up for life.