A schoolboy with a dairy allergy was left gasping for breath and shouted “I’m going to die” minutes after a fellow pupil flicked cheese at him, an inquest has heard.

The Guardian reports that Karanbir Singh Cheema, 13, known as Karan, went from “absolutely fine” to unconscious in under 10 minutes after the incident at William Perkin Church of England high school in Greenford, west London, on 28 June 2017.

Karan, described as “so bright he could have been anything he wanted”, died 10 days later at Great Ormond Street hospital.

Lucjan Santos, who was a teacher at the school, said he sent Karan to see the school’s welfare officer and to fill in an incident report after he reported that cheese had been flicked at him.

Describing the boy’s demeanour at that point, the science teacher said he “appeared fine and spoke calmly”.

Karan had multiple food allergies, including to wheat, gluten, dairy products and nuts.

The boy who flicked the cheese and another pupil who passed it to him, both aged 13 at the time, now aged 15, told the inquest on Wednesday they were unaware Karan had an allergy to the food.

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