He did not attend her funeral. His granddaughter died and he committed suicide by hanging

A British grandfather killed himself after his two-year-old granddaughter died after swallowing a small battery for a remote control. He committed suicide by hanging himself in Stoke-on-Trent, England.

The family of grandfather Peter Nicklin, 79, said that his condition completely changed after his granddaughter's death, so that he was unable to attend her funeral and told the family that the granddaughter's death would eliminate him.

According to the newspaper "Daily Mail", the family said that the grandfather could not cope with the loss of his granddaughter, and said: "Why did they not take me instead of her?"

The girl's mother, Stacey Nicklin, said she didn't realize her daughter had swallowed the battery until she found the remote control without a battery in her bedroom. causing damage to a major artery.

The girl suffered from an irregular heartbeat during the surgery and died, and since the incident her mother has been fighting for new laws to protect children from the dangers of device batteries.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent a telegram of condolences to the family as more than 5,000 people signed a petition urging the government to take action to help prevent future battery deaths.

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