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A teenager bled to death after getting his arm stuck in a charity clothes bin, an inquest heard.

Brendan McBride was found suspended in the metal hatch of a clothes bank belonging to Save The Mother's Trust.

An inquest at Bradford Coroner's Court heard yesterday that Mr McBride may have bled to death while trying to take clothes out of the container.

The hearing was told that he had been standing on a plastic container to reach into the bin when he slipped, trapping his arm and leaving him suspended.

The 19-year-old was found by a passer-by on his way to work the next morning, but he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

The inquest heard that Mr McBride's body weight was preventing him freeing himself from the hatch at the charity bin in Great Horton, Bradford, West Yorks., and it had resulted in significant blood loss.

CCTV footage belonging to the charity showed Mr McBride arrive between 11.45pm to 11.50pm. He was alone, wearing a fluorescent jacket and did not appear to be carrying anything with him.

The court heard from Nicholas Hill, owner of a manufacturing company for textile clothing banks.

He said: "They are designed to get donations in as easily as possible and for people to not take them out by that route.

"It would be incredibly difficult to make it safer than what it is."

Coroner Roger Whittaker said: "I'm clear from the evidence before me that Brendan was trying to obtain clothing from this piece of equipment.

"This in my view is a straightforward accident. It is an accidental death."

Speaking previously, Mr McBride's mum Paula Denison, 44, said her son had started drinking too much after losing a job he loved at a car breakers' job.

She said: "You expect to see your children grow and live their lives, you think you'll go first - we are all heartbroken.

"All we wanted for him was to enjoy his life, get another job and to be happy.

"He had such a cheeky smile, everyone used to comment on it and they remember his little beard.

"He was always loving and he knew he was loved. Family was important to him - he had a close bond with his dad and he's buy me and his little sister gifts out of the blue to show how much he cared, it was just his way.

"We will miss him a lot. I don't think I'll be able to keep living here without him, there's too many reminders.

"It was a freak accident that no-one could have predicted."

Save The Mother's Trust project manager Mohammad Shahid said the charity would now be putting up a bigger fence made from metal to keep people out of the yard where it stores its bins.

"We have been saying prayers for the young man and his family," he said.