Evidence provided by Southwark Council’s food safety team included CCTV evidence showing the cafe’s operator, Baris Yucel, had not cleaned the blender before making Mia’s drink and there were substances left behind from the preparation of a previous milkshake.
Southwark Council argued that this caused her to suffer a severe allergic reaction and that Mia’s death could have been avoided.
Mia’s parents, Adrian and Chanel St Hilaire, said they “think of Mia every day” and “knowing her death could potentially have been prevented so simply only adds to how heartbroken we are as a family”.
An inquest into Mia’s death will take place at a future date.
