A mum and dad have avoided prison after their three-month-old baby was savaged to death in her pram by one of their Husky dogs at a beauty spot.Kyra King was killed by the dog named Blizzard - who was one of 19 huskies taken to the Ostler's Plantation close to Kirkby Moor Nature Reserve in Lincolnshire on Sunday, March 6.
Her parents were today given suspended jail sentences, while the animal has been ordered to be put down.Karen Alcock, 41, was handed an eight month prison sentence, suspended for two years and was ordered to undertake 80 hours' unpaid work.
Vince King, 55, received 10 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, and 100 hours of unpaid work. A destruction order was today granted at court for the dog, reports the Mirror.
King and his then partner Karen Alcock were at the woodland near Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, on the evening of the horrific incident, Lincoln Crown Court heard.They had brought the dogs with them, transported in a van that had been modified to contain lockable cages.
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