Four-year-old boy 'killed by falling shop mirror'

A four-year-old boy died after suffering "devastating" head injuries when a 7ft tall mirror fell on him, an inquest heard.

Austen Harrison was with his parents shopping at the Hugo Boss outlet store in Bicester Village, Oxon, when the large, heavy mirror fell from the wall onto his head in a fitting room.

Austen was rushed to John Radcliffe Hospital for emergency surgery after the incident on June 8, 2013, but died four days later when his life support machine was switched off.

An inquest into his death at Oxford Coroner's Court heard that the mirror was not fixed to the wall and that its free-standing position meant it could could easily overbalance.

His father, who was trying on a suit at the time, said he heard an extremely loud bang "as if something had fallen over", and someone gasp before realising it was his son lying motionless underneath.

The inquest is due to last two days.