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Grandmother's horror at knife discovery

Exclusive By David Hemming

4:20pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A HORRIFIED grandmother has described how a nine-and-a-half inch knife was discovered in her young granddaughter's bedroom at their new home.

Tina Gray's husband Dave was preparing her five-year-old granddaughter Mya's room for decorating after moving into the council house in the Poplar estate in Highbridge last week, when the carving knife fell blade first from behind a radiator.

Mrs Gray believes Mya - who has a condition which makes her overreact to situations - could have run off with the knife and seriously harmed herself.

She told the Weekly News: “Dave was moving things about when this huge knife dropped down from behind the radiator.

“Mya has been through so much already and suffers from attachment disorder which affects her behaviour and makes her over-react to situations.

“I am absolutely fuming - if she found it she could have been killed.”

Mrs Gray has issued a formal complaint to Homes in Sedgemoor, which runs the property. She claims cleaners visited the house three times before she moved in but failed to spot the knife.

Home in Sedgemoor said it could not be held accountable for the 'random occurrence'.

A spokesman said checks were carried out three weeks before she moved in to make sure the property was safe.

The spokesman said it was 'unfortunate' the knife was found, but that all reasonable steps were taken to ensure safety.

The spokesman also said an 'extensive' amount of time and resources had been invested into ensuring Mrs Gray was happy in her new home.

“We will continue to work alongside Mrs Gray to try to resolve her issues”, the spokesman added.

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