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Jenny Foulds

Alexandria youngster who eats floor and wall coverings to get dream bedroom after firm steps in

A little Vale boy is going to have his dream bedroom after a big-hearted company stepped in to end the family’s two-year council battle to make it safe.

Five-year-old Barry McLaughlin has Pica, a rare condition which causes him to chew wall and floor coverings, and has been waiting on West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership to carry out vital adaptations.

We reported three weeks ago how mum Caitlyn is in constant fear of him hurting himself and has been fighting for work to be carried out.

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