Adam Bithell

Adam Bithall died in his cot at his home.

His inquest heard that he was the fourth child to have died that way, with three children having previously been found to have died from cot deaths.

Following his birth, Adam Bithall was kept in at the Leicester hospital for the first six weeks to monitor him, but later allowed home. However, he died three weeks later.

The patholist however, noted that Adam Bithall died from suffocation.

The pathologist noted that the vast majority of Britain's 1,000 cot deaths a year die dfrom suffocation, either deliberate or unintentional.

He noted that it was claimed that many cases were caused by parents angry that they were being woken in the night by a crying child. He said:

When the solicitor for the mother asked the pathologist:

The pathologist replied:

When the pathologist was asked why he thought Adam Bithall had suffocated, the pathologist said:

A professor that had monitored Adam Bithall's progress in the hospital said:

Adam Bithall's mother told the inquest that the alarm monitoring his breathing ran out. She added that he also failed to respond to heart massage and mouth-to-mouth resucitatioin,which e hospital had taught her.

The Coroner said that it was a very worrying and difficult case, noting hat there was no evidence of ill treatment or neglect by the parents.

An open verdict was returned.