A 'much-loved' two-year-old boy was crushed to death at home by a dangerous marble fireplace described as an 'accident waiting to happen', an inquest heard today.
Bram Radcliffe died in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, when the 132lb fireplace - which had been 'hanging by a thread' and installed by a 'DIY enthusiast or cowboy builder' - fell off the wall and a piece crashed on his head.
The toddler's mother Amy Johnson had only left him in the living room for around a minute when she heard a 'loud bang'.
She rushed back inside to find him fatally wounded and surrounded by parts of the fireplace in what was described as the 'most distressing circumstance imaginable', Bradford Coroner's Court was told.
Bram Radcliffe, pictured, died aged two when a 132lb fireplace - which a court heard must have been installed by a 'DIY enthusiast or cowboy builder' - fell on him in Huddersfield
The appliance been fitted before Miss Johnson and her son had moved into the property, two-and-a-half months before the tragedy in November 2017.
Witnesses told how Ms Johnson was left 'in a state of shock' in the aftermath of the incident, as Bram being rushed to the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and declared dead from severe head injuries at around 8.20am on November 8 that year.
The inquest heard how the coal fire was decorated with a marble surround, which was kept in place by four brackets which were glued to the fixture, and kept in place by being screwed into plasterboard.
Building materials expert David Richardson said the way the fireplace had been installed was 'totally inadequate' and represented a 'significant issue'.
He added: 'This would have been a very dangerous situation and an accident waiting to happen unfortunately.
Expert witness David Richardson, pictured outside Bradford Coroner's Court today, said the installation of the fireplace was the 'perfect example of
