A mother is facing jail after she admitted being in charge of a dangerous husky which mauled her three-month-old baby girl to death.
Karen Alcock, 41, faced Lincoln Crown Court following the death of her daughter, Kyra Leanne King.
She was three months old when she was killed by the violent husky. Alcock pleaded guilty to being in charge of a dog that caused injury and death while Kyra’s father Vince King, 54, denied the charge.
Kyra had been treated by emergency services late at night on March 6 at Ostlers Plantation, near Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.
She was pronounced dead at the scene after suffering fatal injuries to her neck and head when a husky sled dog called Blizzard, attacked her.
Her parents, of New York near Coningsby, Lincolnshire, were later charged by police after paramedics had alerted them of the tragedy.
They both appeared at court today for a plea hearing. The case was adjourned and the couple were both granted unconditional bail.
Alcock will be sentenced next year while King will stand trial next June.Addressing them both, Judge Simon Hirst said: ‘Miss Alcock you’ve pleaded guilty and taken responsibility for what’s happened and that will stand you in really good stead with the court when it’s your sentence time.
‘Mr King you wish to have a trial as is your right.
‘Given that your defence is effectively this is nothing to do with you, it’s all to do with Miss Alcock, I’m afraid Miss Alcock will have to wait till the trial to be sentenced.
‘In both your cases I enlarge [sic] your bail as it is at the moment.’
Lincolnshire Police said the dog was being kept in isolation at secure kennels and officers were seeking a court order to have it destroyed.
