Inquest opens after man's dog bite death in Wakefield
An inquest has opened following the death of a Horbury man who was bitten by a dog at Calder Grove in Wakefield.
Wakefield Coroner's Court heard on September 7 that 55-year-old unemployed man James Judge, of Gervase Road, died at Leeds General Infirmary on August 15 after an incident on Blacker Lane.
Acting senior coroner Oliver Longstaff said Home Office pathologist Robert Ainsworth has carried out a forensic post mortem.
Mr Longstaff said Mr Ainsworth recorded the provisional cause of death as complications of a right leg wound (dog bite).
Mr Longstaff opened and adjourned the inquest pending the outcome of a criminal investigation.
A self-employed farrier from Wakefield has previously appeared in court following Mr Judge's death.
Lee Ellis, 55, appeared at Bradford Magistrates' Court on August 18 to face a charge of manslaughter.
District Judge Mark Daley heard Mr Judge died following an incident on Blacker Lane, Calder Grove, Wakefield, on Saturday, August 15.
Ellis, of Blacker Lane, is also accused of being the owner or person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control which caused injury resulting in death.
The animal involved was described in court as an Alsatian cross.
Ellis was granted bail on condition that he continues to live at his Blacker Lane address.
He is due to appear at Leeds Crown Court on September 16.