Toddler 'strangled to death' in freak accident when his head got trapped between gates that were meant to stop him going downstairs

A toddler was 'strangled' when he became trapped between two stair gates intended to keep him safe in his family home, an inquest has heard. Xander Stephenson, who was just two weeks from his second birthday, was left unable to breathe when he got his arm and neck wedged between the gates, which were installed to stop him falling down the stairs. The little boy's mother found the stricken tot in the doorway of his bedroom, but despite efforts to save him, Xander was pronounced dead at the scene.

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