Mauled girl’s grandmother ‘accepts blame’

ELLIE LAWRENSON’S grandmother admitted in court yesterday she was responsible for the five-year-old’s death after the youngster was fatally mauled by the family pet.

Jacqueline Simpson was babysitting Ellie in the early hours of New Year’s Day when she let pit bull terrier Reuben into her house in St Helens, Merseyside.

The powerfully-built dog shook the nursery school pupil for 20 minutes, inflicting 72 injuries on her body, Liverpool Crown Court has heard.