A mum-of-three has warned parents of the dangers of letting children play on baby gates after her daughter was left with a huge cut in her side.
Olivia Connor, 8, was left with a gash after she slipped while swinging on a Mamia pressure fit gate that her mum had bought from Aldi.
Mum Ruby Rivers, said it happened while her daughter was "doing something all children do", but after she put her feet down to let herself drop, she caught her side on a sharp edge.
Olivia was taken to A&E and put on antibiotics, but Ms Rivers said her daughter was "lucky" and urged parents to be wary, although there was noting wrong with the gate itself.
"She shouldn’t have been swinging and knows that, I’m forever telling her," Ms Rivers told Hull Live .
"I’d never have thought of anything like this happening though. I’ve only ever worried about the gate coming loose and falling and them getting a bruise or two - you hear that happening all the time - but nothing like this.
"She is OK though, she has been brilliant about it because she freaks out at blood."
She added that she hopes parents will show the story to other children to stop them hurting themselves and says it would be worthwhile if it stops even one child suffering a similar injury.
Ms Rivers bought the Mamia pressure fit gate from Aldi in the sale for £4.99 but said there is no fault with it.
She said: "The gate is a Mamia pressure fit gate from Aldi but this could happen with any gate, they’re all pretty similar.
"I’m not complaining to Aldi or anything, it could happen with any gate, but so many children swing off them don’t they."
Mirror Online has approached Aldi for comment.
