A woman who was mauled to death by her pet dog may have suffered an epileptic seizure which triggered the attack, an inquest has heard.
Kelly Reilly loved her dog “like a baby” before it caused “severe injuries” to her head and throat on July 22 in her maisonette in Wexford Road in Wood End, Coventry Coroner’s Court heard.
Coroner Delroy Henry concluded the death was an accident on Tuesday after hearing that Ms Reilly, 33, often suffered with fits “out of the blue” which caused her to collapse “with no recollection or control”.
Mr Henry told the court: “On the balance of probabilities, in the context of having sustained a seizure which precipitated the fall, now on the floor, Kelly was in close proximity to the dog which caused injuries from which ultimately she was unable to recover.”
A statement from a police officer who attended the scene said that the dog, an American bulldog called Mendoza, had “blood around its face” after the attack.
Ms Reilly’s sister, Kirsty Reilly, told the coroner that the dog, which Ms Reilly had adopted as a puppy in 2022, had…
