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| 'Dog mauling' inquiry as woman dies in Morden | 'Dog mauling' inquiry as woman dies in Morden |
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| Police are investigating whether a woman, aged 71, found dead at a house in south London was mauled by her daughter's dogs. | Police are investigating whether a woman, aged 71, found dead at a house in south London was mauled by her daughter's dogs. |
| Officers called to Rutland Drive, Morden, at 18:25 GMT on Tuesday found the woman, named locally as Gloria Knowles, with multiple injuries. | Officers called to Rutland Drive, Morden, at 18:25 GMT on Tuesday found the woman, named locally as Gloria Knowles, with multiple injuries. |
| Five dogs, including two Bordeaux French mastiffs, were seized and police cordoned off two adjoining houses. | |
| Neighbour Kevin Hamilton said he had heard screams at about 18:15 GMT. | |
| Dogs barking | Dogs barking |
| He said he was "absolutely devastated" he had not been able to help his neighbour of 20 years. | He said he was "absolutely devastated" he had not been able to help his neighbour of 20 years. |
| Mr Hamilton said the animals, believed by the police to include one black/blue blood American bulldog, an American bulldog and a small mongrel, were "lovely dogs". | |
| The 65-year-old said Mrs Knowles had been feeding the dogs in the back garden when he had heard screams and dogs barking. | |
| "It wasn't a cry for help or anything and I put it down to children being boisterous," he said. | "It wasn't a cry for help or anything and I put it down to children being boisterous," he said. |
| "It wasn't a vicious sounding bark. I didn't recognise it as such." | "It wasn't a vicious sounding bark. I didn't recognise it as such." |
| He added the screams he heard "may well have been the dogs attacking her". | He added the screams he heard "may well have been the dogs attacking her". |
| A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said no arrests had been made. | A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said no arrests had been made. |
| "She [Mrs Knowles] had sustained a number of injuries. An investigation is under way to establish a cause of death," the spokeswoman added. | "She [Mrs Knowles] had sustained a number of injuries. An investigation is under way to establish a cause of death," the spokeswoman added. |
| A post-mortem examination is due to take place at St Georges Hospital Mortuary on Thursday, police said. | A post-mortem examination is due to take place at St Georges Hospital Mortuary on Thursday, police said. |