Tragedy as 'happy and healthy' baby dies after child climbs into his cot and falls asleep on top of him | The Sun

A BABY tragically died after another child climbed into his cot and fell asleep on top of him in a tragic accident.

Noah McCarthy-Bowerman was just four months old when another tot – who can only be known as Child A – lay on top of him.

Mum Courtney Bowerman, 25, woke around 7am to find Child A – who is aged under 10 – giggling and mumbling in the cot at the bottom of her bed.

The horrified mum found the tot unresponsive and paramedics rushed to the scene on May 2.

Senior Cornwall Coroner Andrew Cox found the death was accidental in an inquest yesterday.

He said "happy and healthy" Noah tragically died from Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy in a co-sleeping environment.

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Mum Courtney said she was sleep deprived on the night Noah died, adding: "I curled up on the side of my bed and passed out, I was exhausted."

She fed Noah after he woke up screaming at 3.04am and put him back in his cot at the bottom of her 'cluttered' bed at 4am.

By 7am she woke to find him unresponsive.

Courtney insisted that Child A must have climbed into Noah's cot but did not know how long they had been there.

The coroner told the Truro inquest that there was no suggestion of any intent from Child A or anyone else.

He stressed Child A must not reproach themselves in later life for this tragedy.

MUM'S HORROR

Mr Cox said: "More likely than not Noah's death has been caused or contributed to by Child A overlaying him.

"It is a desperately sad finding to make."

Courtney told the Truro inquest that she had smoked cannabis on the evening Noah died – but denied claims she was drunk.

She also denied a suggestion that Noah died after he fell asleep with her on a sofa downstairs at their home.

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Toxicology tests showed no alcohol in her system 14 hours after the evening ended but there was a high concentration of cannabis.

Police said no action would be taken against Courtney.

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