This is the horrifying moment a 19-month-old girl was gripped by the neck by a 'death trap' cot.
Little Ophelia Conant was left dangling in mid air by her neck and was only spotted when mum Louise spotted her via a video monitor in her room.
The boss of a furniture company which imported the cots from China has now been given a suspended jail sentence after he admitted placing an unsafe product on the market.
Phillip Dickens, 38, of Underley Street, Burnley, Lancashire - the sole director of Oxfordshire-based Baumhaus Ltd - imported the cots relying solely on Chinese health and safety checks which were not up to British standards.
Judge Karen Holt told Amersham Crown Court she did not jail Dickens immediately as there was no intent to cause injury.
She said: "(Miss Conant) Seeing her daughter on the baby video monitor screen hanging by her neck was, using her words, beyond description and completely traumatic to her.
"In her view, it is without doubt the fact she had a video monitor that saved her daughter's life.
"This is a serious offence because it came through your negligence.
"It could have caused the loss of life of babies.
"The product itself was dealing with the most vulnerable people in society, and I know that you accept that."
The court heard the company immediately tried to recall all 212 cots it had sold out around the country when it was sent a copy of the video footage taken by Miss Conant by Buckinghamshire and Surrey Trading Standards.
No health and safety tests on the cots were carried out in the UK, with the only quality control being made in the Chinese factory where the products were made.
Credit: Daily Mirror
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