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| A one-year-old girl died accidentally after climbing upstairs and into a bath while her mother was asleep downstairs, a coroner has decided. | A one-year-old girl died accidentally after climbing upstairs and into a bath while her mother was asleep downstairs, a coroner has decided. |
| Millie Louise Jones's mother Sian Jones was asleep and her father Barry Owen was outside when she got in the bath at her home in Shotton, Flintshire. | |
| The bath had water in after being run the night before and she drowned. | |
| The coroner heard the family were investigated by police and social services but no charges were brought. | The coroner heard the family were investigated by police and social services but no charges were brought. |
| The inquest heard it was not uncommon for Ms Jones to run a bath the night before, then top it up with hot water when needed. | |
| One morning last October, Mr Owen left the house to collect some tools from his shed leaving Millie inside the house with her sleeping mother. | One morning last October, Mr Owen left the house to collect some tools from his shed leaving Millie inside the house with her sleeping mother. |
| In a police statement he said: "I left Millie feeding herself with a bottle in the lounge and my partner was half asleep on the sofa." | |
| The inquest was told that he then heard his partner shout from the back door: "I hope you've got Millie." | |
| Hospital | Hospital |
| The pair then searched the house and the child was discovered in the bath water. | The pair then searched the house and the child was discovered in the bath water. |
| Mr Owen tried to resuscitate Millie but she later died at Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital, the inquest heard. | Mr Owen tried to resuscitate Millie but she later died at Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital, the inquest heard. |
| A pathologist said she died of major organ failure as the result of immersion. | A pathologist said she died of major organ failure as the result of immersion. |
| The inquest heard that the parents were investigated by North Wales Police and social services. | The inquest heard that the parents were investigated by North Wales Police and social services. |
| A quantity of ecstasy and amphetamines "of various sorts" was found in the house but no charges were brought. | |
| Ms Jones had a history of depression, according to evidence from her GP, but her children "always appeared well cared for and she always spoke to them in the appropriate manner". | |
| I as a father empathise with you in your loss, totally Coroner, John Hughes | |
| At one point during the inquest she appeared upset and told the coroner: "I don't think it's fair that you should be asking me this. | |
| "You are making me go through something that was the worst thing in my life." | |
| John Hughes, the north east Wales coroner told her he was duty-bound to establish how Millie died, adding: "I can not compel you to say things that will get you into trouble with the law." | |
| Ms Jones replied she didn't like "going over it again in my head". | |
| Delivering a verdict of accidental death, Mr Hughes said Millie may have used an item close to the bath to climb in. | |
| He told the parents that it was a tragedy that a "little innocent girl" should die in this way. | He told the parents that it was a tragedy that a "little innocent girl" should die in this way. |
| He added: "I as a father empathise with you in your loss, totally." |