Overview

• On Wednesday, Joanne Bedford testified she briefly left her three-year-old son in his sister’s care while fetching clothing and using the toilet, without knowing how long he was unattended.
• Prosecutors pointed to conflicting accounts in Bedford’s testimony and evidence that the Carr Farm dog pen gates were secured only by a carabiner clip, not a padlock.
• She described finding Daniel face down with multiple neck puncture wounds, moving the dogs aside, attempting CPR and asking a neighbour to kill the animal to prevent further harm.
• The Twiggs face charges of gross negligence manslaughter and Dangerous Dogs Act breaches in Manchester Crown Court over the May 2022 death of their son from an attack by two guard dogs.
• Prosecutors argue prior RSPCA warnings about the dogs’ aggression and the parents’ caretaking role made the risk of an unsupervised enclosure entry foreseeably lethal.