Severely allergic boy had a smile on his face as they switched his life support ...

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The mother of a young boy who died after a child threw cheese at him has revealed her son was smiling when they switched off his life support machine. 

Rina Cheema's son Karan was at school when another pupil threw cheese at him, causing him to have a severe allergic reaction.

Now, the 53-year-old has revealed the family hadn't wanted to switch off the life support machine, but that a comforting look on the 13-year-old's face helped her get through the ordeal.

Speaking to Holly and Phil on This morning she said: 'We didn’t want to switch it off – it wasn’t fair on his little body to go through this.