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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 852 Send Message	Brian(i)	Report	29 May 2009 11:02
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 852 Send Message	A sheriff has warned that millions of homes across Britain with window blinds may contain a potentially lethal trap for young children. In a written judgement into the death of Clackmannanshire toddler Muireann McLaughlin, Sheriff David Mackie called for a ban on looped blind cords. The two-year-old girl died at her home in Menstrie after being strangled by a cord on 5 February last year. The sheriff 's judgement follows a Fatal Accident Inquiry in March. Muireann was killed after climbing onto a toy box to wave goodbye to her grandmother from the upstairs window of her home. The inquiry at Alloa Sheriff Court heard that she slipped and banged her head on the ledge, causing her neck to become tangled in the cord. Full details:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/8073369.stm Brian(i)