Fox attack baby returns home

A baby girl mauled by a fox as she slept is recuperating at home after being discharged from hospital.

Nine-month-old Lola Koupparis was being treated at the Royal London Hospital but allowed to leave on Friday.

She and her twin sister Isabella were found crying and covered in blood after the fox went into their upstairs bedroom and attacked them in their cots in Hackney, east London, last Saturday night.

A hospital spokesman said: "The family remain grateful for the many messages of goodwill they've received and continue to ask that their privacy and that of their family and friends be respected at this time."

Isabella was transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London on Monday night for further treatment and later returned to The Royal London Children's Hospital.

Family members have reportedly said the fox attack could be "life-changing" for the twins. Their mother discovered the tots looking "like something from a horror movie" after the mauling and described it as "like a living nightmare".

Lola had facial injuries and some puncture marks on her arm, while Isabella suffered injuries to her arm, she said. Both children are understood to have undergone surgery.