Girl, four, mauled to death by dog in England was a ‘very happy child’

Police at the scene on Broadlands, Netherfield, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, where a four-year-old girl died in a dog attack (Joe Giddens/PA)

A four-year-old girl savaged to death by a dog in a back garden in England was a “very happy child”, a neighbour said.

Thames Valley Police said officers were called to a house in Broadlands, Netherfield, by the ambulance service just after 5pm on Tuesday.