The owner of a premium cot company has admitted a health and safety failing after a seven-month-old baby “choked to death” in a cot bed.
Mr Abbey, 24, said in he found his son trapped face-down in the front of the cot. “It looked like he’d tried to crawl out backwards but his head was stuck,” he said. Mrs Abbey also described how she woke up and heard her husband “shouting and screaming: ‘He’s not breathing’. “I ran to the landing and Charlie was holding Oscar in both arms,” she said.
Mr Elvidge told the court Playtime Beds Ltd had received a complaint in March 2016 from a customer saying the bed she bought did not meet standards. But Williams told the customer: “I have been in touch with trading standards and they are happy with my products,” the prosecutor said. Mr Elvidge claims the trading standards office had no record of contact from the Williams. Williams continued to make beds and did not alter his designs even after the childs death.
