Nine-Month-Old Baby Girl Drowns In The Bath By The Time Dad Returned With Towel And Nappy

Daisy-Ray Anderson, a nine-month-old girl, drowned in the bath, unattended for a while by her dad in Manson, Great Manchester, UK. The infant was reported left with her older sibling Lilly Anderson when their dad left downstairs to bring towel and nappies.

Anderson, a market trader, told the Manchester Coroners Court that his fiancée Emma took the children to bath and he took over after a while. When they were done and about to get out, Anderson called to Emma for the towel and nappies but went to fetch them himself as he had no response from the lady. When Anderson returned with the stuffs to the bath upstairs, he reportedly found the little one face down in the water. Lilly was found to be playing just few metres away from the bath, said the Mirror UK.

Anderson pulled out Emma from the bath and tried to restore her with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the floor, screaming and shouting for help. He told Coroner that in spite of getting all the water and vomit out of her mouth, she wasn’t breathing. When he heard the door being tried, he rushed downstairs and opened it for Emma. He added that Emma ran upstairs and picked the baby screaming and panicking after seeing Anderson who looked pale and white as ghost.

Emma, a trainee plasterer, told the coroner that she was the one who put Daisy-Ray and Lilly in the bath. She added that she left the children with their dad who always played with them in the bath. She also told that she went out of the house to see her neighbour and got carried away discussing about getting Lilly’s name on the school list. She only knew about the incident when she came back home and found her man terrified.

They were cleared of charges after consultant paediatric pathologist Gauri Batra confirmed drowning as the cause of death of Daisy-Ray in the post-mortem report. Assistant Coroner for Manchester City Jean Harkin recorded a verdict of accidental death and warned that leaving children unattended even for a minute is dangerous.

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