Helen Davey, 39, was unable to free herself when a raised mattress platform suddenly slammed down, pinning her neck against the bed's base at her home in County Durham.

An Ottoman bed killed a mother of two after it collapsed on her neck and she suffocated. A coroner has issued a warning after Helen Davey, 39, died in a freak accident in June, when her opened bed fell shut on her unexpectedly as she was leaning over the exposed base.

A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said.

A mother-of-two has died after her ottoman bed collapsed on her head and suffocated her. Helen Davey, 39, was killed whilst leaning over the storage area of the bed when the mattress fell unexpectedly, collapsing on her head and leaving her trapped between its base and mattress.

A coroner from the North East has issued a stark warning after a woman tragically died when her neck got caught in a malfunctioning Ottoman storage bed. Seaham resident Helen Davey, aged 39, found herself "unable to free herself" when the mattress platform unexpectedly dropped,

A mother died when a faulty ottoman bed collapsed on her head in a horrific freak accident in her home in County Durham, an inquest heard. Helen Davey, 39, from Seaham suffocated after her gas-lift bed descended and trapped her in between the mattress and the bed base.

A coroner has issued a warning after a businesswoman died in a freak accident when a faulty Ottoman bed collapsed on her head. Mother-of-two Helen Davey, 39, suffocated when she became trapped in between the mattress and the bed base.