One-year-old's death ruled sudden and unexpected at inquest

Summarised from Romsey Advertiser's report · Updated 6 Nov, 08:37 · Archive

Nora Pearce-Roberts, aged one, was found unresponsive at her grandparents' home in Broughton, near Stockbridge, on February 8, 2025. An inquest at Winchester Coroner's Court on October 29 ruled her death sudden and unexpected in childhood.

Nora had been visiting her grandparents' house with her parents after her day at nursery on February 7. She had a raised temperature and seemed unwell. On February 8, her parents consulted a private online GP, who advised them to monitor her temperature with Calpol and contact the ambulance service if her temperature reached 40 degrees. After the call ended, her parents found her unresponsive in bed and began CPR before calling an ambulance.

Coroner Christopher Wilkinson said Nora was 'a healthy, well grown child for her age, she was full of life and enjoyed the things she was doing in her short life'. He described her death as an 'immeasurable loss' and 'a desperately sad situation of circumstance'.

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• Death of 'beautiful' one-year-old ruled as sudden and unexpectedNora Pearce-Roberts, from Bedford, died aged one at her grandparents’ home in Broughton on February 8. Winchester inquest rules death sudden and unexpected.Romsey Advertiser · 6 Nov, 05:00

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