A young mother, who suffered a minor injury during a sex game, died from a rare flesh-eating disease when medics failed to spot the condition, an inquest has heard.

Care assistant, Katie Widdowson, 24, told doctors she had hurt her wrist after agreeing to be restrained by her boyfriend in the bedroom.

She was diagnosed with a simple strain and sent home, but had to be rushed back into hospital the following day when her condition worsened.

The mother of one, from Castle Vale in Birmingham, was actually suffering from the flesh eating bug, Necrotising Fasciitis and died from a bacterial infection shortly afterwards.

Katie's partner, chef Dean Smith, told the inquest that the couple had been together for five and half years and that she had a young child.