Age: 4 months
Sex: male
Date: 26 Feb 2021
Place: 20 Buckley Lane, Rochdale
Grant John Storey-Delaney was found dead by his mother at their home in Buckley Lane, Rochdale.
An open verdict was returned.
He had had cocaine and cannabis in his system and was found to have been living in filthy and unsanitary conditions.
His mother said she found him in his baby bouncer ‘turning grey with a blanket over his face’, in the early hours of 22 February 2021.
Paramedics were then called, but they found him to be dead when they arrived.
When the police examined the home, they found it to be filthy and cluttered with rubbish strewn over the floor, the boiler set to 80 degrees and litter trays filled with cat urine and faeces.
A detective inspector said that it had been one of the worst addresses she had ever been in during her 29 years of service.
The police said they found the temperature of the house to be 26C at 3:30am.
The baby bouncer that Grant Storey-Delaney had been found in was described as being:
The post mortem was unable to determine a cause of death, however, his inquest recorded an open conclusion with it being noted that he had been living in an unsanitary environment and had drugs in his system.
The inquest heard that the most likely way for him to have got cocaine and cannabis in his system was through contamination, for example, his food being prepared on a surface that had previously touched the drugs.
A detective inspector said that they had considered charges of murder and gross negligence manslaughter, but added:
However, it was noted that a number of non-death offences were being considered, with enquiries ongoing, but nothing more is known.
The coroner said:
