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The owner of a dog that killed an 11-month-old baby girl later sent her mother sick online abuse threatening to kill her and have sex with her corpse, a court heard.

Lee Wright, 27, trolled Chloe King with vile internet messages after she ended their relationship following the death of her baby daughter Ava-Jayne Corless in February.

Wright told Miss King it was her fault baby Ava-Jayne was dead - and in one post said he would kill Miss King and then have sex with her dead body.

He added he would put her body in the freezer and then defrost it every day and have sex with her again, magistrates in Blackburn, Lancashire, were told.

Prosecutor Parveen Akhtar said Miss King had ended the relationship with Wright after his dog killed her baby in an attack at his home in Blackburn.

Miss Akhtar said that from February until July, Wright had sent Miss King numerous Snapchat messages telling her she was responsible for Ava’s death.

She said Wright was very apologetic when he met Chloe by accident in August but "turned nasty" when they started to chat on the internet.

Miss Akhtar said: "She tried to reason with him, pleading with him for it to stop but they got worse."

He sent Miss King a list of things he was going to do before he killed himself and one of them was posting naked photographs of her on Facebook.

Paul Huxley, defending, said his client felt "utter regret" about what his dog did in February.

He said: "Since then he has been the subject of abuse from members of the public. Miss King’s mother, Claire King, has called him a murderer in a text message."

Mr Huxley said it was a terrible situation for everyone involved.

He told the court: "It wasn’t his fault the child died, that was the last thing he wanted, He has let the stress, which he is not sharing with anyone, bubble over.

"It has come out in comments to Chloe who is also going through a terrible time. It has been the worst year of both of their lives to say the least."

Wright pleaded guilty to harassing Miss King. He was remanded in custody for the preparation of a pre-sentence report.

Wright has pleaded not guilty to possessing a dangerous dog and is awaiting trial at the magistrate's court on that matter.