A Scots toddler was discovered enjoying with a battery by a well being customer, a probe into her loss of life heard in the present day.
Lauren Wade had the "toxic" merchandise in her hand when Irene Soley, 77, visited her dad and mom' flat in Glasgow's Sighthill in June 2014.
Miss Soley added that the flat was additionally in disarray which prompted an extra go to with a social employee.
Two-year-old Lauren died eight months later after she was left to starve to loss of life by mum Margaret Wade, 41, and Marie Sweeney, 40.
A decide heard how Lauren went with out correct meals or look after months and was riddled with hundreds of head lice.
A "skinny and soiled" Lauren had a sodden nappy, bald patches and hundreds of head lice.
A put up mortem revealed the toddler had been the sufferer of “extreme neglect”.
Wade and Sweeney have been jailed in 2019 for six years and 4 months every.
The duo - who had been accused of killing Lauren - pled responsible to the lowered cost of neglecting the toddler between June 2014 and March 2015.
The household's well being customer Miss Soley advised the Deadly Accident Inquiry at Glasgow Sheriff Courtroom that she was tasked with visiting the Wade family after a college nurse reported it.
Miss Soley attended the flat alone on June 27, 2014 and noticed black luggage within the hallway.
She added: "Lauren had this battery in her hand and I did not like that because it was very toxic.
"I went by why security was so essential - the kid was fairly lively and bouncy and I wasn't going to go away it there.
"I took it to the kitchen and put it within the bin."
The witness claimed that she had been in worse homes nevertheless it was in "disarray."
The listening to was advised that Lauren was initially deemed within the low-risk class of well being customer standing.
She claimed advised procurator fiscal Selina Brown that she had "no cause" to up it to needing "consideration" after the go to.
However, a second go to with Miss Soley and a social employee was organized for the next week.
The witness claimed that there was bother sourcing a social employee to accompany her however have been capable of allocate somebody on brief discover.
Miss Soley said that the home was "neat and tidy" and "there was nothing suspicions at that time."
She added that Lauren was skipping up and down the hall with Wade.
Miss Soley claimed on the finish of the go to she anticipated the social work division to maintain involved along with her however this didn't occur.
The witness was additionally crucial in regards to the handover of circumstances together with Lauren's after her first well being customer left her function in March 2013.
She claimed that there was no assembly with the earlier well being customer to debate the 30 to 40 circumstances.
Miss Soley added well being guests have been advised that they "will not actually be seeing" the kid after eight to 10 months.
Assessments at 12 to fifteen months have been additionally not carried out which sparked complaints from well being guests as a result of "very long time between visits" with the following one being at 27 months.
Social employee Martin Cullen, 46, advised the listening to that he believed that the well being customer can be working with the household after the second go to.
He added that Lauren was sleeping in the lounge cot through the go to and never skipping when it was put to him by Miss Brown.
Mr Brown said that he was not given details about the Wade household earlier than attending on the property.
He claimed he was allotted the go to "instantly" as a consequence of a staffing concern.
The listening to continues tomorrow earlier than Sheriff Principal Craig Turnbull.
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