{"id":661888,"date":"2025-12-30T06:29:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T06:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/661888\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T06:29:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T06:29:23","slug":"update-on-investigations-into-adelphi-three-months-after-decision-very-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/661888\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on investigations into Adelphi three months after decision &#8216;very close&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chloe Haynes was killed in the Britannia-owned hotel in 2022 before a three-year-old was injured there earlier this year<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2_image-64.jpg\" alt=\"Chloe Haynes, 21, was found dead at The Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool city centre on September 10, 2022\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Chloe Haynes, 21, was found dead at The Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool city centre on September 10, 2022(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The ECHO has received an update three months after Liverpool City Council said a decision was imminent on the investigation into the death of Chloe Haynes at Liverpool&#8217;s Adelphi Hotel. The hotel, one of the city&#8217;s most famous and historic, is the subject of separate probes after a number of tragic and worrying incidents in recent times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The first of those incidents resulted in the death of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/death-woman-crushed-adelphi-hotel-31780754\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">&#8220;kind and caring&#8221; Chloe Haynes<\/a>, who was crushed to death by a wardrobe in the city centre hotel in September 2022. Chloe, from North Wales, was just 21 when she died. After her death, Liverpool City Council&#8217;s Environmental Health <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/death-woman-crushed-adelphi-hotel-31780754\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">department launched an investigation into the hotel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sources stated at the time that a criminal prosecution was a possibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In an <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/update-adelphi-hotel-investigations-decision-32224610\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">update to the ECHO in September this year<\/a>, a spokesperson for the council said the Environmental Health department was &#8220;very close&#8221; to concluding its assessment on whether to prosecute the hotel&#8217;s owners over the death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, this year saw a probe launched <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/investigation-launched-after-girls-face-32205247\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">after another incident early this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">This incident saw a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/investigation-launched-after-girls-face-32205247\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">three-year-old girl called Valencia Verdin <\/a>injured and covered in blood when a cabinet fell on her and glass smashed on her head while she was staying at the hotel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_BHR_LEC_050825_ADELPHI2.jpg\" alt=\"Valencia Verdin after a cabinet fell on her in the Adelphi Hotel\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Valencia Verdin after a cabinet fell on her in the Adelphi Hotel (Image: Danielle Kelly)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Valencia&#8217;s mum, Danielle Kenny, told the ECHO she had decided to stay overnight at the Ranelagh Street hotel after visiting <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-city-centre\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Liverpool city centreLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Liverpool city centre<\/a> from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/widnes\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WidnesLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Widnes<\/a> with her four children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She had booked a late check-out and was getting ready to bathe her nine-month-old son, Valentino, while her two daughters, Valentina, two, and Valencia, three, were in the room with her, along with her 10-year-old son Hugo. But when Valencia opened the door of a corner cabinet, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/girl-3-fears-nobody-play-32200560\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Danielle said it fell and landed on the young girl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The ECHO understands this incident has delayed the council&#8217;s decision as a further probe has now been launched by the Environmental Health department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The council said previously the cabinet that fell on Valencia has been seized as part of its investigation. The team also instructed the hotel to carry out a check of all its rooms for similar furniture which was completed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Liverpools-Britannia-Adelphi-HotelPic-Andrew-Teebay.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool's Britannia Adelphi Hotel\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Liverpool&#8217;s Britannia Adelphi Hotel(Image: Andrew Teebay\/Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Danielle, 35, said: &#8220;She&#8217;s tried to open the door on the bottom half of the unit and it&#8217;s toppled over. She was trapped underneath it and the top half was glass, so her head has gone straight through the glass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve jumped up as soon as I&#8217;ve heard the bang and her scream. I&#8217;ve took the unit off her and her whole face and head was pouring with blood so I&#8217;ve quickly got a towel, put it over her head and I just ran out of the room with her and down to reception.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Valencia was rushed to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/alder-hey-childrens-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Alder Hey Children&#039;s HospitalLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Alder Hey Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/a> where she received treatment for a 6cm cut and two 2cm cuts on her head before being discharged around 5pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The ECHO has continually approached Britannia for responses on both of these incidents and has not received any responses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chloe Haynes was killed in the Britannia-owned hotel in 2022 before a three-year-old was injured there earlier this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[10967,748,393,4884,179,14487,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-661888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-adelphi-hotel","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-liverpool-council","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115807110242181484","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}