The boy was at Tiffany's Hotel when he suffered an electrocution injury, his inquest had heardThere are "questions to be asked" about how a 10-year-old boy was electrocuted at a hotel in a seaside town, a coroner has said.
Jack Piper-Sheach was found unresponsive in the Lobby of Tiffany's Hotel in Blackpool on 3 September.A full inquest into his death will take place in February. The boy and his family were in the Lancashire town for a holiday from their home in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, when the incident happened. At the opening of the inquest earlier, senior coroner Alan Wilson was told that a paediatric consultant found the boy had suffered an electrocution injury and cardiac arrest with a lack of oxygen to the brain.He called for evidence from Blackpool Council to see if any interactions had taken place with the directors of the hotel over health and safety issues.A pre-inquest review in December will look at who will be called to give evidence ahead of the full hearing.
Lancashire Police said that following an initial investigation the matter had been passed to the local authority.Following Jack's death, a spokesman for the hotel said they would assist any investigation and passed on condolences to the boy's family.
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