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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matt Mathers

Warning as boy collapses and dies after eating poisonous berries on walk with father

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A coroner has issued a warning after a teenager died from eating wild berries he found while out walking with his father.

Benn Curran-Nicholls, who had severe autism, was poisoned after ingesting berries and leaves from a yew tree he liked to climb in Fletcher Moss Park, Didsbury, Manchester.

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