Seven-month-old baby choked to death after his head got stuck in bars of designer cot
Seventh-month-old Oscar Abbey died in his £655 ($864) designer bed after he got stuck in one of the openings and choked to death. He was found face-down and "cold" at his York residence on November 3, 2016. His parents, Charlie and Shannon Abbey, had only recently purchased the bed for the toddler and his elder brother Maxwell to share. They had specifically checked if the cot was safe for babies to sleep in.
The 24-year-old father Charlie, who found his son dead in the cot, described the incident in a statement at Leeds Crown Court on Monday. He said: "I instantly realized he'd gone. It looked like he's tried to crawl out backwards but his head was stuck." On the other hand, his 23-year-old wife Shannon said in her statement that she woke up and "I heard Charlie shouting and screaming, 'he's not breathing'. I ran to the landing and Charlie was holding Oscar in both arms."