A RETAIL firm has been fined £450,000 after a 10-year-old girl suffered a serious head injury when a part of the furniture fell on her head.

The schoolgirl, now 12, who cannot be named, was with her mum at Topshop in Silverburn Shopping Centre, in Glasgow's Pollok, when a queue barrier she swung on fell on her.

She was taken to the Royal Hospital for Children where she was found to be suffering a skull fracture as well as cuts and bruises.

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The child has been left with a scar on her right temple and was off school for eight weeks.

Arcadia Group Ltd, which owns a number of brands including Topshop and Topman, pleaded guilty to flouting health and safety laws last week at Glasgow Sheriff Court today.

Sheriff Paul Crozier said Arcadia Group had acknowledged their fault by pleading guilty to breaching health and safety in what was a “sad and serious incident”.

He said: “As a result of the company’s failings, a 10-year-old suffered a severe injury and permanent disfigurement” - but he noted they have “taken steps to make sure there is no repeat of that breach.”  

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Arcadia Group Ltd admitted they failed to make sure the queue barrier was fixed to the floor or properly secured, between January 2016 and February 2017, that lead to the girl being injured to her severe injury and permanent disfigurement.

The court heard the barriers were usually only used in “flagship stores” and Silverburn wasn’t one.

They had been removed from the Argyle Street store and, at some stage between January and March 2016, were moved to Silverburn, but not correctly installed.