Court had earlier been told the death of Luke Brooks, 27, in 2022 had been provisionally linked to mould exposure in freezing home

A mother begged a council for help to move her family out of a privately rented house that was freezing and had chronic damp and mould, which she believes killed her son, an inquest has heard.

The hearing resumed on Monday into the death of 27-year-old Luke Brooks, from Oldham, who died in October 2022. The inquest in Rochdale has previously heard that Brooks died after developing an acute respiratory illness which was provisionally linked to mould exposure.

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