Jealous dog kills owner's 8-day-old baby!

A frantic young mother ran screaming from from her parent's house screaming 'My baby, my baby' after her week old son was killed by the family's pet terrier.

Eight-day-old Harry Harper is understood to have suffered a crushed skull after being bitten just once by the Jack Russell-cross. The animal has since been destroyed.

Yesterday it was unclear which family members were present at the time of the incident, which is said to have taken place in the living room of the family's home in Ketley, Shropshire.

Neighbours said the child’s distraught mother, Mikayla Bell, ran out of the house screaming and pleaded with paramedics to save her newborn son.

Baby Harry was rushed to hospital but died of his injuries soon after.

The pet, named as PJ by residents, was one of two dogs kept at the three-bedroom semi where Miss Bell lived with her own parents and younger siblings.

Police yesterday said Harry’s death appeared to be a ‘tragic accident’. Officers are examining the possibility that the dog may have attacked the infant after becoming jealous at his introduction to what the animal considered to be its territory.