A man is due in court charged with murdering a woman and attacking a man whose granddaughter was fatally mauled by two Rottweiler dogs.
A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a woman and attacking a man whose five-month-old granddaughter was killed by two dogs.
The 26-year-old is charged with killing Debra Larn, 47, and attacking her partner John Brightwell, 50, in Beaumont Leys, Leicester, on Sunday.
Scott Walker, 26, is charged with killing Debra Larn and grievous bodily harm to her partner John Brightwell.
The day before, Mr Brightwell's five-month-old granddaughter, Cadey-Lee Deacon, had been killed by the dogs.
The couple were attacked at their Leicester home on Sunday. The day before, Mr Brightwell's granddaughter was killed by two Rottweilers.
Her death is not being linked by police to Sunday's attack.
Mr Walker was remanded to appear at Leicester Crown Court on 14 November.
The defendant is due to appear before Leicester Magistrates' Court and is charged with grievous bodily harm in connection with the attack on Mr Brightwell.
Police are not linking the baby's death to Sunday's attack.
'Beautiful girl'
Cadey-Lee was attacked on Saturday at The Rocket pub in Leicester.
The two dogs, which lived at the pub, were put down after the attack.
In a statement Cadey-Lee's mother Amy Deacon and her partner Lee Burchell, who managed the pub, said: "Words cannot express our devastation at what has happened. We just cannot believe that Cadey-Lee is gone.
Flowers have been left outside the pub where the baby died
"She was such a beautiful little girl. We loved her so much and we just can't accept that something like this could have happened. How do you come to terms with such a tragedy?"
Chief Superintendent Steve Pitts, of Leicestershire Constabulary, said the couple had been moving furniture out of the pub when the attack happened.
"It appears that a fire escape door was mistakenly left open and allowed the family's dogs, Bruno and Bess, access to the living quarters," he said.
He said the dogs made their way to the bedroom in which Cadey-Lee was sleeping.
"By the time Amy, Lee and the relatives who were helping them move realised what had happened, the dogs had attacked," he added.
