A five-year-old boy who died after an allergic reaction at school was accidentally exposed to cow's milk protein - probably from his own bottle, an inquest jury has concluded.
Benedict Blythe, who was a reception pupil at Barnack Primary School in Stamford, Lincolnshire, died in hospital from food-induced anaphylaxis on December 1, 2021, after he vomited twice before going into cardiac arrest.
Jurors heard that the boy, who joined high-IQ society Mensa aged four, was asthmatic and allergic to milk, eggs and some nuts.
On Wednesday, the foreperson of the jury at Peterborough Town Hall said: 'We deem the probable source of the allergen that caused the fatal anaphylaxis is the ingestion of cow's milk protein, most probably from his own receptacle during break time.'
Speaking after the conclusion of the inquest, Benedict's mother Helen Blythe said: 'Three and a half years ago, we lost our son. Benedict died in a place where he should have been safe - his school.
