Further arrests have been made by police investigating the death of a nine-month-old boy killed in a dog attack in south-east Wales.

Jonte William Bluck was bitten by his family’s XL bully dog while staying at his father’s home in Crossway, Rogiet, in Monmouthshire, on 2 November.

A provisional cause of death was given as a compressive head injury, consistent with a dog bite, during an inquest opening.

Gwent Police said a man in his 30s and a woman in her 60s from Chepstow were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.

A man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s were arrested on 7 November on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control.