This week a coroner will probe five deaths from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning that are believed to have involved a faulty range of Beko cookers. The cookers are now known to have emitted the deadly gas when the grill was incorrectly used with the door shut. Richard’s dad, Brian, said the families want to know the truth about why the two young men had died 10 years ago. Leigh Day, the legal firm acting for the families of the five victims, believes that the cookers are linked to 13 more deaths, including three in Ireland, from 2008 to 2015. A spokesman for Beko, which has sold more than 30 million appliances in the UK, said: “We deeply regret any incident linked to one of our products.

Source: Daily Mirror November 14, 2020 20:22 UTC