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There is simply a "likelihood" a two-year-old lad mightiness inactive beryllium live if his begetter had not suffered a fatal bosom onslaught implicit Christmas, a pre-inquest proceeding has heard.
Bronson Battersby was recovered betwixt the legs of his dormant father, Kenneth Battersby, connected 9 January successful their location successful Skegness, Lincolnshire.
Circumstances suggest Bronson died aft his 60-year-old father, coroner Jayne Wilkes told the pre-inquest reappraisal proceeding astatine Greater Lincolnshire Coroner's Court connected Thursday.
"There has to beryllium a likelihood that had Kenny not passed distant past Bronson would inactive beryllium alive," she said.
"At present, we bash not person immoderate wide factual ground arsenic to erstwhile Bronson passed away. He was of people pronounced deceased connected 9 January, but that is not, connected the accusation we person been provided truthful far, apt to beryllium the time helium died.
"We whitethorn ne'er person capable accusation connected erstwhile Kenny oregon Bronson passed distant and Kenny's decease is intelligibly important arsenic a supporting oregon overlapping diagnostic we besides request to investigate."
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Bronson lived successful a basement level successful Prince Alfred Avenue with his father, who had separated from the boy's mother.
A neighbour had called the constabulary to study she had not seen Mr Battersby for respective days and a odor was coming from the flat, an inquest opening was told successful June.
Mr Battersby's decease was determined to person been caused by a "sudden cardiac event" due to the fact that of underlying bosom disease, the coroner told the hearing.
A post-mortem introspection of Bronson "notes debased assemblage abdominous and muscle" and helium appeared malnourished, Ms Wilkes said.
His origin of decease was recorded arsenic dehydration.
There had been "limited nutrient successful the fridge," Ms Wilkes said, and different nutrient items successful the freezer were "obviously of nary usage to Bronson".
Timeline of the tragedy
26 December: A neighbour said she had past seen Bronson and his begetter Kenneth connected Boxing Day connected their mode to the shops successful town. She said they had waved and had "big smiles".
27 December: The aforesaid neighbour received a substance from Kenneth saying: "Thank you some for caring astir maine and Bronson means the satellite to america it truly does." A societal idiosyncratic besides spoke to Kenneth, and arranged to sojourn connected 2 January.
1 January: The neighbour messaged Kenneth again, but received nary answer.
2 January: The societal idiosyncratic visited the property, but received nary answer. She contacted the constabulary and checked different houses for Bronson.
4 January: The societal idiosyncratic visited a 2nd time, and again received nary reply and contacted the police.
9 January: The societal idiosyncratic was fixed entree to the spot by the landlord, and discovered the bodies of the begetter and son.
Lincolnshire County Council said Bronson had been known to children's services and helium would typically beryllium seen by societal workers astatine slightest erstwhile a month.
A spokesperson for the assembly said a societal idiosyncratic contacted Mr Battersby connected 27 December and arranged to sojourn connected 2 January, but determination was nary effect erstwhile they arrived.
Selfies taken by Bronson connected 31 December and Mr Battersby's fiscal accounts are among the pieces of accusation needed to make a timeline of their deaths, the coroner said.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigated Lincolnshire Police's engagement earlier the deaths. In September it said determination was nary denotation immoderate serviceman oregon unit subordinate breached nonrecreational standards.
Ms Wilkes said the afloat inquest into the boy's decease is improbable to instrumentality spot earlier aboriginal autumn adjacent year.
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