Baby girl ‘picked up like a rag doll and shaken’ by family’s XL Bully Hunter as mum battled to free her

A BABY girl was "picked up like a rag doll and shaken" by her family's XL Bully - with her mum battling to free her.

The eight-month-old infant remains fighting for her life after being airlifted from a property in Siskin Close, Hawkinge, Kent yesterday.

Emergency services rushed to the scene at just after 2.30pm.

The baby girl remains in serious condition at a London hospital.

Cops have since arrested an 18-year-old man and 76-year-old woman on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control. They remain in custody.

The dog - called Hunter - is described as an 18-month-old "pure" XL Bully.

The force confirmed the pet was registered on the exemptions list, as per new laws, and has since been seized and destroyed.

Forensics officers were scene at the cordoned off home yesterday evening.

An auntie told The Sun today: "I think it's more he's a lad isn't he and he's having a phase and he just wants a big a** dog. Not thinking it was going to do that.

"The dog got killed on the spot - it got killed in the house. She paid all this money £300 for that b******s."

One minute they were sharing food and things like that, the next minute the dog picked her up like a rag doll and shook her

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She said the dog had to be muzzled but was like "peas in a pod" with the baby.

She went on to say, Hunter would sit next to her on the sofa, and the attack "was out of character" and "out of nowhere".

"One minute they were sharing food and things like that, the next minute the dog picked her up like a rag doll and shook her," she said.

"The baby was in ICU last night, it was touch and go. She has quite a few scratches and holes in her head. She was a bit better this morning.