A grieving mother has described the “horrendous” asthma attack – she suspects caused by air pollution – that killed her daughter.
Rosamund Kissi-Debrah spoke on Monday of her plans to sue the Mayor of London for illegal pollution levels, following her child Ella’s death aged nine in February 2013.
Mum Rosamund Kissi-Debra has asked a leading human rights lawyer to press for a new inquest into Ella’s death.
She told BBC Radio 4 Today her daughter began to suffer a series of chronic attacks three years before she died.
A mother whose daughter suffered from a fatal asthma attack is demanding an independent inquiry into her child’s death and is prepared to sue the Mayor of London for failing to keep air pollution in the capital at a safe level.
Lawyer for Rosamund Kissi-Debrah says government may be in breach of duty of care over death of nine-year-old in London
To mark World Asthma Day on Tuesday, five pupils from Holbeach Primary School raised over £200 for the Ella Roberta Foundation by crafting 1,000 handmade paper cranes for the children’s ward at Lewisham Hospital.