I could be mistaken but surely this is a case of ciminal negligence. Having been warned of a potentially dangerous design fault the office of the DPM should have passed this information on to the local authorities. Had they done so then this poor kid would most likely still be alive.
Faults in a type of water tank which exploded killing a baby girl were not passed on by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, an inquest heard.
Health and safety inspector David Cory said he notified the government of the fault when a woman was killed in 2002.
But a hearing into the death of Rhianna Hardie in Taunton, Somerset, was told that the warning was not passed on to other local authorities.
Rhianna, who was aged 10 months, was scalded to death in November 2006.
Mr Cory said he had investigated a similar incident in Penzance, Cornwall, in 2002 and reported the fault to the government office.
Sharon Minster, 30, was killed when a tank of boiling water burst in the room above her bed.
Mr Cory said that his report to the government office had been his way of attempting to communicate the fault to authorities across the country.
Barrister Dr Michael Powers QC said to him: "It must have crossed your mind that other housing associations or funded accommodation should be made aware of the circumstances of the accident.
"Did you see the communication with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister as a means by which you and the Health and Safety Executive hoped the [Penzance] incident was disseminated to the offices of associations and authorities elsewhere?"
Mr Cory answered: "In my mind, I tried very hard to get the information into the public domain."
Baby Rhianna died when scalding water gushed over her cot after the tank exploded in the attic of her council home in Taunton on 19 November 2006.
Her parents Matthew Hardie and Charlene Haworth were spending their first night in the house in Wellington Road.
Both Rhianna and her two-year-old sister Emily were put to bed in the room below the attic where the system was kept.
The parents took Rhianna to Musgrove Park Hospital for treatment but she died three weeks later at Bristol Children's Hospital.
The jury is expected to be sent out to reach a verdict on Thursday.
