SAVAGED AT SOFT PLAY
Toddler is scarred for life after children bite her 15 times at a play centre
Little Willow-Ivy Doherty was attacked while playing at Little Bees in Seacroft, Leeds
A TODDLER has been scarred for life after she was bitten 15 times by other children.
Little Willow-Ivy Doherty, who is 17 months, was left with bloody cuts over her body after being set upon at a soft play centre.
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Mum Becky has since claimed a little boy - around three - was standing "with a big smile on his face, with blood all around his mouth" after the incident Little Bees in Seacroft, Leeds.
The 33-year-old mum told The Mirror: "She looks like she’s been savaged by a dog, not a child."
Willow-Ivy suffered four bites to her face, two to her fingers, three to her back, several to her head, one to her ear, one to her shoulder, one to her wrist and one to her leg.
It is understood the children were in the toilet area at the time of the incident on Friday, November 2.
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Mum Becky said the children had to be separated by another customer, with staff rushing to give her daughter first aid.
She said: "She had pulled the boy off Willow. He had hold of her neck."
Willow-Ivy was taken to hospital, receiving injections for Hepatitis B and treatment for her cuts.
The mum claimed the other parent didn't come forward until after she started yelling: "where is your mum".
She suggested the child was standing with his older brother, and that a specialist said: "They said there were bite marks from two different children".
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She also claimed the other parent told her: "That's what kids do."
A spokesperson for the play centre confirmed Willow-Ivy had received first aid after the incident.
They reiterated the importance for parents to supervise their children.
West Yorkshire Police said they had been called to reports a child had been bitten by a three-year-old at the soft play area.
They said: "The child was treated at hospital and an assault occasioning actual bodily harm was recorded.
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"A social services referral was made in relation to the suspect child and the crime has been finalised due to them being under the age of criminal responsibility.
"An assault and a public order offence were recorded in relation to reports made by the suspect’s mother and another woman following the incident.
"Both these have been finalised as the complainants declined to support a prosecution."
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