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Lucy Thornton & Hollie Bone

Mum of woman killed by own dog 'as big as a lion' begged her to get rid of pet

A heartbroken mum whose daughter was killed by her own dog is backing a Mirror call for a law change saying: “We have to stop these nightmare deaths.“

Dot Robinson, 67, told how she warned her “gem” of a daughter that “something bad” was going to happen just two weeks before she died.

Her daughter, mum-of-two Joanne Robinson, 43, was pinned down in the jaws of her American XL ‘bully’ bulldog called Rocco last month.

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