Hotel where boy was electrocuted 'can reopen'

The Blackpool hotel closed voluntarily after the young boy's death

A hotel which closed voluntarily after a 10-year-old boy was electrocuted has been told it can reopen following safety checks.

Jack Piper-Sheach suffered a fatal electric shock and was found unresponsive in the reception area of the Tiffany's Hotel in Blackpool on 3 September.

Jack, who was from Grimsby in Lincolnshire, died four days later in hospital.

Blackpool Council said it was continuing to investigate what happened, but health safety officers had checked that "specified works had been undertaken" at the hotel and as such, it could welcome guests again.

Opening and adjourning Jack's inquest in September, senior coroner Alan Wilson said he would hear evidence from the council, North West Ambulance Service and Lancashire Police at a full hearing in February.

A council representative told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that health and safety officers visited the hotel on 10 November "to ensure that specified works had been undertaken".

They did not state what the works were, but added that following the visit, the hotel was informed it could reopen.

Following Jack's death, a hotel representative said it would assist any investigation and passed on condolences to his family.