A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl drowned in the bath after her mum left her alone to look for her favourite toy.
Mia-Ann Myerscough, from Bridgend in South Wales, died on September 13, 2021 after suffering a seizure.
The tot had a rare form of epilepsy with early onset seizures, cognitive and sensory delays and behavioural problems.
But she had not suffered a seizure for two years before her death, an inquest into her death has heard.
Mia-Ann’s mum Julia Myerscough had taken her for a bath upstairs in their family home on the evening of September 12, 2021.
But she realised Mia-Anna did not have her favourite Danny Dog squishy toy, which she needed to relax in the bath.
Julia told the inquest at Pontypridd coroners’ court that she went downstairs for no more than five minutes.
She said: “She was sitting towards the top of the bath in the corner next to her little squishies – her little friends.
“I made sure the tap was turned off and I went down to get Danny Dog.”
Julia’s partner Vernon Ward said he heard a “bump” or a “bang” while she was upstairs.
He shouted twice asking Mia-Ann if she was OK – but did not get a response.
When he went upstairs, he found the baby partially immersed in the water.
Vernon shouted for Julia to come and scooped Mia-Ann out of the water – immediately starting CPR.
Neighbours raced to the house after Mia-Ann’s older brother told them there was an emergency.
Paramedics arrived at the home within minutes and raced Mia-Ann to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.
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