Man and woman are arrested after 12-year-old boy dies

Man and woman are arrested after 12-year-old boy dies following cardiac arrest in a Shrewsbury house amid claims they ’caused or allowed death’

  • West Mercia Police said officers were told the youngster was in cardiac arrest
  • Authorities confirmed child was taken to hospital, and later pronounced dead
  • Police said a man and a woman have been arrested and now released on bail 

 A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of a 12-year-old boy.

West Mercia Police said officers were told the youngster was in cardiac arrest at a house in Fields Close, Shrewsbury, at about 4.50pm on June 13.

The child was taken to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

A force spokeswoman said: ‘A man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of causing/allowing the death of a child and have been released on police bail.’

West Mercia Police said officers were told the youngster was in cardiac arrest at a house in Fields Close, Shrewsbury, at about 4.50pm on June 13