‘My daughter mentioned goodbye – hours later she was lifeless in her good friend’s backyard’: Mom remembers final time she noticed her ‘lovely’ teenager, 17, alive earlier than she died from an allergic response after consuming a rice cake containing walnuts

A bereaved mom has recalled the final time she noticed her ‘lovely’ 17-year-old daughter earlier than she suffered a deadly allergic response to a rice cake from her work. 

Hollie Stokes died after collapsing in her good friend’s backyard as a consequence of having eaten a rice cake that contained walnuts from the restaurant in Redditch city centre the place she had a part-time job. 

Her mom, Kerrie Stokes, has now described the final time she spoke to Hollie earlier than the faculty pupil kissed her youthful siblings goodbye and headed to work simply hours previous to her ‘horrific and undignified demise’. 

The subsequent time Ms Stokes noticed her daughter, she was in her pals again backyard, surrounded by police and ambulances, having handed away on September 15 2022. 

Now, the bereaved mom has vowed to ‘battle all the way in which’ for solutions, after claiming she was ‘let down’ by the authorities, following the Crown Prosecution Service’s determination to drop the case. 

Hollie Stokes, 17, (pictured) died after struggling an allergic response to walnuts inside a rice cake from her work

Hollie’s mom Kerrie Stokes (pictured) has vowed to ‘battle all the way in which’ for solutions following her beloved daughter’s demise

Hollie Stokes, 17, died simply hours after heading out to her part-time job as a cleaner at a restaurant in Redditch, in Worcestershire, having eaten a rice cake with walnuts in it from her work.

The school pupil, who had a extreme nut allergy, had labored on the restaurant for 3 months, whereas additionally finding out at Bromsgrove Faculty. 

Her mom mentioned: ‘When she obtained the job right here, we mentioned ‘do not be so silly you possibly can’t work there, they work with nuts, shellfish and so forth.’

‘She mentioned, ‘she is aware of I’ve obtained allergic reactions, don’t fret about it. I am simply taking cellphone orders.’ 

‘We have saved her protected the entire 15 years we knew she had allergic reactions, and inside three months of working there it had price her her life,’ Ms Stokes mentioned 

Her mom defined that after leaving for work on September 15 2022 after getting house from faculty, the faculty pupil suffered an allergic response that led to her demise. 

‘She obtained house round 2pm from faculty, she spoke a few current she was shopping for for my birthday,’ her mom mentioned. 

‘I gave her a parcel she’d been ready for and he or she tried these trousers on. Then she left for work, shouted ‘bye guys’, kissed her little brother and sister and that was it.’

 Her mom, Kerrie Stokes, has described the final time she noticed her daughter earlier than her tragic demise 

Hollie Stokes, 17, (pictured) died after taking a part-time job in a restaurant in Redditch city centre

Simply hours later, the shocked mom obtained a name from Hollie’s good friend’s father, warning her that her beloved daughter was unwell.

‘The subsequent time I noticed her was round 11pm on the night time in her good friend’s again backyard – and he or she’d handed away,’ Ms Stokes mentioned. 

‘I might had a name from her good friend’s dad to say she’d handed out, she’d eaten one thing, had a slight match, at that time I simply thought ‘oh god it is an allergic response, fast I’ve obtained to get there.’

‘I ran to the neighbours home with the children, she drove me to the hospital the place we obtained a cellphone name to say we wanted to go to the home.

‘Once we obtained there it was simply police in every single place, ambulances in every single place and that is once I obtained instructed she’d handed away,’ the mom added. 

‘She died a horrific and undignified demise the place she did not even make it to the hospital. She died in her good friend’s again backyard that is how extreme it was,’ the mom mentioned. 

Now, after ready 12 months for a police investigation to offer solutions, Ms Stokes nonetheless feels the reality has not been reached.  

West Mercia Police initially arrested a girl on suspicion of manslaughter two days after her demise. 

Police initially arrested a girl on suspicion of manslaughter however the case was later dropped leaving Hollie’s mom. Kerrie Stokes, (pictured) demanding solutions

The CPS subsequently determined to drop a case in opposition to a former supervisor at Hollie’s office, following claims the 17-year-old requested her whether or not the rice cake contained nuts. 

The power has now confirmed no additional motion will probably be taken and that the case – probing gross negligence manslaughter – has been closed. 

The previous supervisor, who now not works on the restaurant in Redditch city centre, mentioned she knew Hollie was a vegetarian and claimed Hollie had requested if the meals contained meat, to which she replied ‘no’.

Hollie’s household have now pledged to battle for the reality, having lodged a Proper of Overview, with West Mercia Police saying they’d remark in ‘due course’ 

A spokesperson for West Mercia Police mentioned: ‘The investigation is topic to a Sufferer Proper to Overview due to this fact it might not be acceptable for us to remark till this has concluded, nonetheless, we are going to achieve this in the end.’