Coroner: Carbon monoxide killed Telford father and daughter
Thursday 6th October 2011, 6:31PM BST.
A six-year-old Telford girl and her father died from carbon monoxide poisoning after a chip pan fire, an inquest today heard.
The hearing was told a battery from a smoke alarm had been removed.
The bodies of Kay-Leigh Cooke and her 33-year-old father, Andrew Lineton, were discovered at a house in Briarwood, Brookside, in Telford, in April.
During the inquest at Telford Magistratess Court, coroner Mr John Ellery recorded a verdict of accidental death.
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