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Chris Adams & Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Boy, 2, died after being exposed to damp on estate where Manchester United star grew up

A young boy died after being exposed to rancid damp and mould in a "sweatbox" flat on the estate where Manchester United star Axel Tuanzebe grew up, a pre-inquest review has heard.

Awaab Ishak, 2, who lived on the Freehold estate in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, died in December 2020, just over a week after his second birthday.

His family had complained to Rochdale Boroughwide Housing over the state of their upstairs flat for years - even before he was born.

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