Emily Warner & Arthur Winfield
BBC News 23 Feb 2012 The parents of two Hertfordshire toddlers who died after becoming entangled in blind cords are backing a campaign highlighting their dangers.
Two-year-olds Emily Warner from Royston and Arthur Winfield from Markyate, died in separate accidents involving window blind cords.
The families are supporting a leaflet campaign launched by the Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Board.
Emily’s father said: “We don’t want other families to suffer as we have.”
An inquest at Hatfield Coroner’s Court heard Emily was badly hurt last August in a “tragic accident”. She was resuscitated but suffered significant brain damage and died four months later. (more…)
