'A completely avoidable tragedy': Coroner wants new regulations to stop roman blinds strangling toddlers © Getty Roman blinds, described as a "silent killer", had taken the lives of six toddlers in the past nine years - the coroner labelled each of those deaths "a completely avoidable tragedy". The coroner is asking for the urgent introduction of new regulations to stop roman blinds from strangling toddlers. Coroner Mary-Anne Borrowdale's recommendations were in response to the accidental strangulation of a 19-month-old girl in 2018 after she became caught in the cord that held the blinds ...