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.

Actually struggling to get my head around this. People are hoping someone who made a mistake which cost her child is then battered every day in prison. How on earth do you think that will help this situation, torturing somebody who lost a child.

She did an incredibly stupid thing, but I she has lost her child in the most horrific circumstances. What kind of low life hopes a grieving mother is battered daily in jail ?!

So yohe ideal outcome is for her to be battered every day in prison ,vand then come out too physically damaged,( which she would be, if she was battered in the way you wanted each day), and mentally traumatised to contribute to society again ? And some of you think that's the best possible outcome in this case.

Just beyond words at the cruelty you want to inflict on someone who lost her child in horrific circumstances

“Do people really mean when they say they wouldn't leave their kid alone with their dog NOT EVEN FOR A MINUTE. Like are you saying you've never walked to the next room to grab something quickly, popped to the loo etc. And left them, ever?”

Nope... never did when they were young (they’re adults now) I’d just call the dog to me when I was leaving the room, it’s easy enough.

Mostly because I don’t trust children tbh, they suddenly do really random stuff to dogs.

Also as others have said , it's very telling that the people on this thread aren't hoping Kate McCann is "battered daily ," by members of the public who walk past her in the street because of the mistake she made,( and I would not want that to happen to her by the way).

Can anybody posting on this thread saying they hope the grieving mother is battered in prison, clarify if they would be elated and jumping for joy if Kate McCann was battered on the street by a member of the publc upset at her for leaving MM ? If not , why not ?

And beyond ridiculous and offensive, that people have used a photo taken over a year after the event, where the mother's face is mostly obscured with a mask for public safety reasons to summise she didn't care about her child.

No, i never leave my dogs in a closed room with children. My kids are older now so its easier. But when friends visit, no. The dogs come with me.

When it comes the McCanns, I completely believe they should have been prosecuted too.

I disnr say I hope she gets battered so I can't answer that part.

And one person used that photo.

But i do agree she isn't a grieving mother. Not in the sense a decent parent would be.

She was abusing her child. Neglect IS abuse.

She is only a mother in the biological sense.
A Mother wouldn't put drink and drugs before her child, much less leave that child alone with a dangerous dog.
Mother? Don't make me laugh.

she is punished enough knowing that her actions 100% led to the death of her son?

I just can't think that she's been punished enough. I just don't. How that poor little lad must have suffered in pain and fear.

@Trevsadick have PMd you.

That poor wee boy suffered a terrifying and painful death because his mum left him alone with a dog that had already attacked another child. I have no sympathy for her whatsoever and think her punishment is a joke and a disgrace to that wee boy’s memory.

I don't want her to get battered every day. I certainly believe she should have had a lengthier sentence though, her negligence has caused a child to lose his life. Selfish choice that she made, no 'mistake' was made there.

I don't want her to get battered every day

At least the chances are they won’t bite.

Isn't it ridiculous that you are allowed to talk about, slag off and incite violence upon one person but not allowed to post (without even mentioning a name) about another case which has obvious parallels without the posts being removed.

Oh yes, one person is poor with no recourse to funds to cause any difficulty and the others have massive funds available - and they say it's not about class and wealth?

I imagine she will be haunted forever. The poor lad his last moments must have been horrendous. She is an awful neglectful disgusting DM her child is gone, his last moment's in terror she got the ultimate punishment.

She received a 3 year sentence - just 3 years ffs! Although not murder, she killed her child - I really can't believe it. Off her face on cocaine and will be allowed to have a dog again after 10 years ! What the fuck is OK about any of this?

I suppose I think regardless of the prison sentence, she is punished enough knowing that her actions 100% led to the death of her son?

You would assume so but I doubt it. She will blame anyone but herself.

There's a ridiculous urban myth that pit bulls were originally bred to be "nanny dogs" and look after little children. It makes absolutely no sense - if you were going to create a "nanny breed" why would you give it such a strong jaw? - yet it still circulates. A few years ago, there was a young American boy who was mauled to death by his older sister's three pit bulls; she'd previously posted the "nanny dog" myth on Facebook. I think it gives many pit bull owners a false sense of security with regard to child safety.

@AliciaJohns89 I don't understand that either. They were bred for bull baiting.

I am with you OP on this. It horriffies me to think what that poor child went through. Sadly some dog owners (unlike you) have this inbuilt theory that their dog is alright. I have a dog, he is a small dog but a bl**dy strong dog, an advised family pet and not the locking jaw variety. As he never seemed to take to small children with the exception of my own, If playmates have come round he has always been put with another member of the family elsewhere in the house. As they have got older and they are taller and they know to ignore them, he is now more accommodating but this is because they don't pose a threat. However I would never leave him alone with anyone other than a member of the family. I would never forgive myself if he caused damage to someone else.

I honestly don't think a mother who leaves her child alone to take drugs cares enough that he's dead. I hope she's punished every day in prison and doesn't make it out. I feel just as strong about it now as I did when it happened.

There's a ridiculous urban myth that pit bulls were originally bred to be "nanny dogs"

Yep. Total bullshit.

There's a ridiculous urban myth that pit bulls were originally bred to be "nanny dogs"

I’ve heard this about staffies, not about pit bulls. I don’t believe it about either of them though.

@Lovemusic33 - glad I'm not the only one seeing the similarity.

Both kids had horrific circumstances surrounding their deaths. Both sets of parents left their children unattended.

The doctors got away with it. The single, financially and presumably educationally poor mum did not...

www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/boy-who-died-after-being-attacked-by-rottweilers-named-locally-1.4210888
The little boy in the link was mauled by family pets at the start of lockdown. I don't know you'd keep such a powerful large breed around DC.

Staffed have been given the nickname 'Nanny dog' because they're generally good with kids. I've never heard of an urban myth that they were bred for that purpose.

Staffies, not staffed.

And FWIW I'm not saying all staffies are good with kids! Just that they do have that nickname, for that reason.