Overview

• Senior Coroner Louise Hunt recorded the cause of death as a right frontal extra-axial haemorrhage from a head collision at Marlborough Primary School last December.
• Consultant paediatric neurosurgeon Guirish Solanki confirmed that the fatal brain bleed resulted directly from Yaseen’s impact with a playground wall.
• Paediatric first aider Rio Hughes applied an ice pack at school and the court found it likely that a ‘bumped head’ advice letter was issued, despite the family’s dispute.
• Yaseen showed no immediate distress after the incident but developed severe head pain and vomiting hours later, underscoring the risk of delayed injury symptoms.
• The inquest emphasised the need for clear, multilingual school head-injury protocols and prompt medical transfer when symptoms emerge.