Shahida Shahid (pictured) died after collapsing following a visit to Almost Famous Burgers in Manchester city centre
A student with a dairy allergy who ate a chicken burger marinated in buttermilk died because of ‘misadventure’, an inquest has ruled.
Shahida Shahid, 18, died in hospital in January 2015, three days after collapsing following a visit to Almost Famous Burgers in Manchester city centre.
A friend administered her epi-pen to combat the allergic reaction and she was rushed to hospital.
But the university of Manchester mathematics student died after suffering severe brain damage ‘not compatible with life’, a jury at the inquest was told.
Her death was an ‘unintended consequence of a deliberate act’, according to a finding reached by the jury.
The inquest at Manchester Crown Court previously heard that Shahida had informed barman Reiss Balfour that she had allergies to dairy, nuts and fish.
The court heard Shahida studied at Walkden High School and Winstanley College in Wigan and was in her first year studying mathematics.
She went out for a meal with friends in Manchester over the Christmas holidays to celebrate their first term at university.
While at the restaurant, in the city’s Great Northern Warehouse shopping centre, Shahida ordered and ate a chicken burger which had been marinaded in buttermilk, the jury was told.
The university of Manchester mathematics student (pictured left and right) died after suffering severe brain damage ‘not compatible with life’, a jury at the inquest was told
Paramedics were only called when she reached The Printworks, another shopping centre half a mile away.
Although a friend administered her epi-pen that she carried with her, she did not recover after suffering severe brain injuries and died three days later.
On two previous occasions she had been hospitalised with allergic reactions after inadvertently eating dairy produce.
On her 16th birthday, with her father battling terminal cancer, she ate pancakes with whole milk instead of soya milk and had an allergic reaction. She was treated in hospital and prescribed an epi-pen.
Then in November 2013, while at a restaurant in Birmingham, she had another reaction and her GP sister administered the epi-pen.
At the Almost Famous Burgers restaurant (pictured), Shahida ordered and ate a chicken burger which had been marinaded in buttermilk