
Officials failed to act on health visitor’s concerns about ‘chaotic and squalid’ home where a four-year-old boy died days later after getting his head trapped between two baby gates, inquest hears
- Inquest examines missed warnings before a four-year-old’s death
- Full social work assessment was reportedly not carried out
- Boy died after becoming trapped between two stair gates
An inquest heard that officials did not carry out a full social work assessment after a health visitor raised concerns about the “incredibly dirty”, “chaotic and squalid” conditions in the home of four-year-old Draco Chapman. Days later, Draco died after his head became trapped between two stair gates…








