13-Year - Old Girl Accidentally Hanged Herself with 10ft-Long Ribbon while Playing

A schoolgirl died after accidentally hanged herself with a 10ft-long ribbon while playing on a bannister at home, an inquest has heard. 

Davina Butchere, 13, was wearing a blue ribbon loosely around her neck when she slid down the stair bannister at her house in Allenton, Derby.
As she reached the end, the strip of material got caught - causing her to slip and ending up hanged.
The teenager was discovered by her brother with the ribbon looped around her neck and despite her family's desperate attempts to resuscitate her, she was pronounced dead.

Now, a coroner at Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner's Court has ruled that Davina's death in 2009 was a 'tragic accident'.

The court heard that the teenager's mother, Michelle Dove, had seen her daughter with the ribbon tied loosely around her neck, with the length of it trailing behind her, shortly before her death.

The schoolgirl was said to have been in 'good spirits' after spending the day shopping with her mother and buying new clothes.

But later that day, her brother, Davani, 12, ran to his mother, saying he had found his sister suspended after playing a game on the bannister.


SOURCE--DAILYMAIL UK

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