‘Caring’ man mauled to death while feeding brother’s dogs

A “caring” antheral was recovered dormant successful a plot aft being mauled by up to 4 dogs, 2 of which were XL bullies, portion visiting his brother’s location to provender his pets portion helium was successful hospital, an inquest has heard.

Nicholas Glass, 33, was recovered “reasonably good hidden” down a propped-up obstruction sheet successful the plot astatine the location successful Hereford Close, Rednal, adjacent Birmingham.

West Midlands Police was called successful the aboriginal hours of August 21 past twelvemonth to reports of dogs escaped successful the street, and made the find aft searching the property.

An inquest astatine Birmingham Coroner’s Court connected Thursday heard that Mr Glass, is believed to person been attacked by his brother’s dogs connected the nighttime of August 19, earlier helium escaped done a backmost window, injured, to question “refuge”.

Two of the dogs were seized by constabulary astatine the clip and the remaining brace were recovered by officers 2 miles distant adjacent Merritts Hill days aboriginal pursuing a large search.

At the time, West Midlands Police said tests concluded that 2 of the dogs were of the XL bully banned breed and neither had a certificate of exemption, portion the inquest heard the different 2 dogs were an American bulldog and a mixed breed Staffordshire cross.

Detective Constable Darren Ford told the inquest the dogs roaming escaped successful Hereford Close were ample and not “overtly aggressive”, but that firearms officers were called to the country arsenic a precaution aft neighbours reported they could not get retired of their gate.

He said officers recovered a ample magnitude of humor wrong the location and adjacent an unfastened backmost window, earlier officers discovered the assemblage of Mr Glass, who had a fig of injuries, successful the plot aft astir an hour.

A post-mortem introspection recovered that Mr Glass, who lived 2 minutes distant from his member successful Chalybeate Close, Rubery, had aggregate blunt unit injuries including bruises, grazes, puncture wounds and tears caused by canine bites and claws to his arms, feet and legs.

He had besides suffered a large wounded to his precocious near limb which had exposed the bony and the bony had teeth marks connected it, the pathologist found.

The origin of decease was recorded arsenic blunt unit trauma from aggregate canine bites.

The past known sighting of Mr Glass live was astatine 10.11pm connected August 19 erstwhile helium was seen, with 1 dog, walking into his brother’s location and dogs could beryllium heard yelping connected CCTV.

Faint audio from different CCTV clip taken astatine 10.35pm that nighttime appeared to suggest a idiosyncratic called for assistance 3 times.

Although Mr Ford said helium could not beryllium definite it was Mr Glass, helium believed it could person been.

Assistant coroner Adam Hodson said it was not imaginable to find which of the 4 dogs had attacked Mr Glass, and recorded a communicative conclusion.

He told Mr Glass’s family, who attended the inquest hearing, that contempt difficulties with his intelligence health, helium appeared to beryllium a “happy chap” who was a loving uncle to his nieces and nephews.

He said: “I tin lone hypothesise connected what happened. It is wholly imaginable helium whitethorn person been attacked upon his instrumentality to the house, that helium managed to permission the spot via a model and called for assistance and that helium managed to fell down woody panelling earlier succumbing to his injuries.

“That is simply a conjecture connected my part, I cannot marque a uncovering of fact.

“Sadly Nicholas did dice arsenic a effect of being bitten by a canine oregon dogs. He whitethorn person been a troubled individual, but determination is nary grounds of suspicious oregon foul play.

“In my sentiment it appears to beryllium a unspeakable tragedy. He was a caring member and lad who simply offered to look aft his brother’s dogs and mislaid his beingness arsenic a unspeakable consequence.”