From Daily Mail: An 11-year-old boy accidentally killed himself while trying to get high by sniffing a Ted Baker body spray aerosol in his bedroom late at night.
Freddie Davis had the spray can concealed in his dressing gown when his cold body was found in bed the next morning by his mother who went to wake him for school.
The Year 7 pupil died as a result of inhaling butane aerosol propellant, an inquest into his death heard this week, which prompted the coroner to issue a warning to parents about the dangerous trend.
Freddie’s mother Roseanne Thompson later said that she had heard of children of her son’s age being inspired to try sniffing aerosols by videos on TikTok – and had even preventatively stopped buying him spray-on deodorants to protect him.
Thompson provided pictures of her son to the Mail along with a warning to other parents: “Aerosols do kill.”
Freddie’s parents and both sets of his grandparents attended an inquest to share his story, saying that he was an “outgoing boy who loved sport and learning.”
She gave a heart-wrenching account of the boy’s final hours, eventually sharing that the family was shocked when they found empty aerosol cans and vapes in Freddie’s room. Sadly, the family had taken steps to avoid this very fate. They had noticed bottles of spray would disappear within 24 hours, reminding them of “a trend whereby children empty cans of deodorant into socks and use it to get a high,” they told police, according to a report. “He was told of the risks and they began buying him roll-on deodorant.”
The family thinks a friend introduced him to the dangerous trend, as his computer and phone contained nothing relevant.
“There was no evidence of any discussion around the inhalation of solvents or discussion with others about the use of such things,” the report said.
Read more at Daily Mail
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