Baby Did Not Die Due To Mouldy Flat, Coroner Finds

A babe who lived successful a mouldy lodging relation level successful northbound London died of unrelated causes, a coroner has found.

Akram Mohammed died successful February aged 15 weeks, which his parents believed was owed to damp conditions successful their Camden home.

Earlier this year, nan boy's death sparked angry protests aimed astatine lodging relation Notting Hill Genesis, complete nan authorities of nan family's level and nonaccomplishment to rectify it.

Senior coroner Mary Hassell acknowledged their location was damp and mouldy, but concluded that Akram really died of Strep B, pneumonia and Vitamin D deficiency.

In grounds fixed to nan proceeding astatine St Pancras Coroner's Court past week, a pathologist said that nan fungal growths successful Akram's lungs did not lucifer nan mould recovered successful nan family's home.

The tribunal heard nan baby's mother Aiat Mohammed had herself contracted Group B Streptococcus, known arsenic Strep B, earlier Akram was calved and arsenic it had not been treated, nan infection was passed to him. The germs affects astir 500 newborns each year.

Outside nan tribunal connected Monday, Akram's begetter Abdushafi told nan BBC he accepted nan coroner's findings.