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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Portsmouth girl’s balcony fall death was accident, says coroner

Minnie-Rae Dunn.
Minnie-Rae Dunn was eight years old when she died. Photograph: Family Handout/Hampshire Police/PA

An eight-year-old girl fell 18 metres (60ft) to her death from the cluttered balcony of a sixth-floor flat after persuading her mother to let her play outside, an inquest heard.

Minnie-Rae Dunn died from catastrophic injuries in the fall from the balcony, which was crammed with eight bin bags of clothes and pieces of furniture.

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