The London Ambulance Service said it was called to the prison at 22:04 BST to reports of an "unwell child". The boy was treated at the scene and taken to hospital "as a priority", where he died.

He paired up with Liverpool comedian John May, and their walk was turned into the film, The Two of Us, which has scooped the award for best documentary at the 2026 Beverly Hills Film Festival.

The dog, which was confirmed to be an XL bully named Prince, was sedated at the scene and was later put down, police said.

"Your home is your safe space and to have this ripped apart with no timeline of when you can have it back is mental torture," Davies told the court.

His sister Sadaf said: "We don't know why it is this amount now. They said it was because of a change in his circumstances, but he has not got better and will never get better. If anything, he is gett

"It's very cruel to say that I have to go back in there just to get this thing that won't even work any more," she said.

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