Nine-month-old Jonte William Bluck died before he made it to hospital after being bitten
Jonte William Bluck(Image: WALES NEWS SERVICE)
A baby boy who was tragically mauled to death by an XL Bully while staying at his father’s house has been pictured for the first time.
Nine-month-old Jonte William Bluck died after being bitten in the head during a horrific incident in south Wales on November 2. An inquest into the tot’s death was opened and adjourned this morning (November 17), with a provisional cause of death cited as a compressive head injury, consistent with a dog bite.
Area coroner Rose Farmer told Gwent Coroner’s Court that Jonte was staying at his dad’s house on Crossway in Rogiet, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, when he was fatally bitten by the family pet. The baby was rushed to hospital but tragically died before arrival.
Police outside a home on Crossway, Rogiet, Monmouthshire, following the death of a baby in a dog attack(Image: John Myers/WalesOnline)
Mrs Farmer said: “Jonte William Bluck sadly passed away on the 2nd of November 2025 at his home address. The brief circumstances are that on the 2nd of November he was staying at the home of his father when he was bitten by the family dog.
“He was conveyed to the Grange University Hospital but died prior to arrival. An inquest has been opened as there is reason to suspect that he died as a result of a dog bite,” reports the Mirror.
The inquest has been adjourned until 4 August, 2026. Following Jonte’s death, a man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s from Rogiet were arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death.
Both individuals were also arrested on suspicion of child neglect. They were later released on police bail as inquiries continue.
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Baby boy killed by XL bully while staying at father’s house named
The dog involved in the incident was a six-year-old male XL bully, which was registered with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and a certificate of exemption was issued in 2024. It was put down following the incident.
XL Bully dogs have been subject to a ban in England and Wales since December 31, 2023, making it illegal to breed, sell, rehome, or abandon them. The ban forced XL bully owners to register their dogs for an exemption certificate and to muzzle them in public places.
The new law also made it illegal to breed, sell, advertise or give away an XL bully.
