Published: Wednesday, 6th February, 2008 12:30pm

Menstrie toddler dies in tragic accident

by Elaine Birse

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A MENSTRIE toddler has died in what police have described as a 'tragic accident'.

It is understood that two-year-old Muireann McLaughlin had become tangled in a window blind cord at her home in Clifford Park on Tuesday afternoon.

She was found in her bedroom by her father Angus at 4.30pm and taken to Stirling Royal Infirmary where she was pronounced dead.

Police are not treating the death as suspicious and a report has been submitted to the procurator fiscal.

Muireann's parents, Angus and Kate McLaughlin issued a statement saying their daughter was was a beautiful, happy little girl, who was full of life.

She was due to start in a local nursery after the summer.

They added, "She brought so much joy to all of our lives and her loss has left us all simply devastated. At this moment it is difficult to quantify but her loss has left a huge hole in our family."