Baby suffocated when trapped by high chair harness

A BABY boy suffocated when he was trapped upside-down in his high chair while his mother washed dishes, an inquest was told yesterday.

Shea Patrick Ritchie, one, was found dangling in his safety harness by his distraught mother Roisin seconds after she had left the room at her house in Annahugh Park, Loughgall, Co Armagh on July 29, 2005.

The inquest was being held yesterday in Armagh and learned that the infant had unclipped his safety straps.