Aria Marie Gilford died following an asthma attack on August 9, 2023, and an inquest is being held into her death at Bolton Coroner’s Court. Her mum, Jamie-Leigh Kirby, was found to have missed several appointments and phone calls about the five-year-old's asthma. Area coroner Michael Pemberton said: “I think you admitted in a police interview that the montelukast wasn’t always being given”. Mr Pemberton said there were “clearly occasions” where she couldn’t have given her the inhaler and asked if she’d given Aria the inhaler before leaving on August 9. Ms Kirby said the nebuliser – given to her by a friend’s mum – was only used once when Aria was “having a coughing fit”.