Beko could not trace all poison-risk cookers, Cornish inquest hears

Small retailers' limited records meant only around half of cookers sold were made safe

A leading UK appliance brand traced and made safe only around half of the cookers it had sold of a model linked to a series of deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning, an inquest has heard.

Beko put huge effort into finding thousands of customers who had bought the potentially dangerous" cooker, the court was told. But while it was relatively easy to find customers who had bought from high street chains, many who had bought from smaller retailers could not be found, the inquest heard on Wednesday.