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Sophie Robinson

HISTORICAL FACTS: Teaching assistant thought allergic boy had sickness bug inquest hears - The Untold Story

Benedict Blythe died from food-induced anaphylaxis (Family handout/PA) - (PA Media)

A teaching assistant thought a five-year-old boy who was having a fatal allergic reaction had a stomach bug when he vomited at school, an inquest has heard.

A jury at Peterborough Town Hall heard that Benedict Blythe was kept home from school because of illness the day before he vomited twice and collapsed at Barnack Primary School, in Stamford, Lincolnshire, where he was a reception pupil, on December 1 2021.

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