Article 46ZD6 Girl, five, died riding faulty disability lift, court hears

Girl, five, died riding faulty disability lift, court hears

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Mother of Alexys Brown gives moving impact statement at two firms' sentencing hearing

A mother has told a court how her five-year-old daughter was killed when her head became trapped in a faulty disability lift at their family home.

Alexys Brown, who was described as a "guardian angel" to her disabled older brother, got into the lift to fetch his mobile phone from upstairs for him. She got her head stuck in a hole in a broken see-through door panel of the lift, and as it moved upwards she became caught between the lift and the ground-floor ceiling.

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