Mother, 50, was instructed to eliminate her two XL Bully canine earlier than her twin sons discovered her mauled to demise at dwelling, inquest hears

A 50-year-old mother was told to get rid of her two XL Bullies before her twin sons found her mauled to death at home, an inquest has heard.

Angeline Mahal, 50, suffered catastrophic bite injuries after being left alone with her dogs Bella and SJ in Hornchurch, East London.

Her twin sons, both 26, arrived back at the property at around 1pm on May 20 last year and discovered their mother lying unresponsive on the floor, with the two dogs secured in separate rooms.

The inquest at East London Coroner’s Court heard the animals had lived with the family since puppyhood and were believed to be six or seven years old.

Ms Mahal’s brother, Gurinder, told the coroner his sibling was an ‘animal lover’ who rarely stayed out late because ‘she would want to get back to her babies to feed or walk them’.

He said the family had pleaded with her to consider rehoming the XL bullies after reading reports of fatal attacks.

Angeline Mahal, 50, had long been urged by relatives to part with her two XL bully dogs

Ms Mahal suffered catastrophic bite injuries after being left alone with her dogs Bella and SJ at herr home in Hornchurch, East London

‘We had read an article about the grandmother in Essex being mauled by her XL bullies and we warned her to get rid of the dogs as we did not want the same thing to happen to her and also so that she could have freedom,’ he said.

Ms Mahal, who worked as a beautician, returned home by taxi at around 10pm on May 19 and remained alone with the dogs until her sons came back the next day, the Southend Echo reports. 

In a statement, her son Rainveer said he and his brother immediately realised ‘she must have been there for a while’ when they found her with bite marks to her arms and legs. Paramedics were called and pronounced her dead at 1.32pm.

The court heard that a neighbour had contacted police earlier that morning to report a disturbance, but officers were sent to the wrong location. 

Area coroner Nadia Persaud said: ‘Unfortunately the police were given the wrong location, so a police van did attend but they went to the location they were given and didn’t find anything.’

Rainveer said SJ had been ‘problematic’ only with the other dog, Bella, and had never shown wider aggression. 

Concluding the inquest, Ms Persaud said: ‘Paramedics attended and pronounced her life extinct. Police attended, thoroughly investigated and deemed her death as non-suspicious. 

‘Post-mortem investigations confirmed her cause of death as multiple bite injuries.’ 

She ruled Angeline’s death as accidental, saying the dogs were intentionally kept but the fatal outcome was unintended.