, did not pass the threshold for criminal charges. Awaab's father, Faisal Abdullah, had travelled to the UK as an asylum seeker from Sudan in July 2015, the inquest heard. He lived in a number of properties before moving into a new flat in August 2016 before his wife Aisha Amin joined him in February 2018. Mr Abdullah first noticed black dots of mould in his kitchen from October 2017, the court heard. He took a photo and showed staff at RBH's housing office, who told him: 'You would have to paint over it.' Asked if he was ever told to buy specialist anti-mould paint, Mr Abdullah said 'no', and told the court he just painted over the affected area until it 'looked OK'. The mould and damp gradually worsened and Mr Abdullah eventually applied for a new home in May 2019, five months after the premature birth of Awaab. He told the court: 'Every week, two weeks, I spoke to them about it, 'when am I going to move from this house?'' The court heard Mr Abdullah sent a series of emails to different addresses at RBH about damp and mould, and requested the chance to move. An email read: 'Kitchen… damp is really bad… I have a kid and my wife, she pregnant. I need further movement please.' Young Awaab soon struggled with a blocked nose and coughing on several occasions. He was prescribed an inhaler in summer 2020, around the same time he){kind=link}
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A two-year-old boy ‘couldn’t breathe’ through his nose and had a ‘continuous cough’ during his final few days in a mouldy flat, an inquest has heard.
Awaab Ishak died a week after his second birthday after living in a ‘disgusting’ flat.
Images of mould and damp in the property were revealed during an inquest at Rochdale Coroners Court.
Awaab’s father had battled with the conditions since 2017 – more than three years before his son’s death in December 2020.