Inquest finds Arran, aged 2, died of asphyxia

THE inquest into the death of two-year-old Arran Malley has recorded a verdict of accidental death and recommended a series of vital changes to prevent a repeat of the tragedy.

A jury of two men and four women at Cork City Coroners Court yesterday found that the toddler died at his home in Carrigtohill, Co Cork, on Wednesday February 4 as a result of asphyxia after a blind cord wrapped around his neck in an upstairs bedroom.

Presiding coroner Dr Myra Flynn Cullinane was told that on that date Arran had been sleeping upstairs while his mother, Gillian, her 10-month old daughter Alexandria, and then au pair Patricia Muller were downstairs.