Mother wrongly arrested for manslaughter of her son after he dies of asthma attack

Claire Humberstone said she was treated like a criminal after police arrived at her home with dogs and riot vans just 12 days after her son Dante Kamara died.

Claire Humberstone, pictured in front of a wall of photos of her son, was wrongly arrested after he died of an asthma attack

The shocked mother of four was held in custody for eight hours, questioned and had her DNA and fingerprints taken.

A week later, she was told she would not be charged.

Last night, the 29-year-old condemned the police tactics as ' disgusting', and insisted she knew of no reason why she should have been suspected of foul play.

She said: 'I was treated like a criminal and I was a grieving mother - it's made everything worse.

Claire's son Dante died of an asthma attack

'I'm a good mum who loves my kids dearly.

'I looked after his condition well and did everything I could to save his life the day he died. I miss him every day and I can't believe this has happened. It's torn me apart.'

Miss Humberstone, who is pregnant with her fifth child, said that on July 1, Dante - who had suffered from asthma since he was a toddler - was off school with a bad cold.

But just 90 minutes after seeing a nurse at a local doctor's surgery, he began struggling for breath and Miss Humberstone rang for an ambulance.

She said: 'I was absolutely hysterical and screaming. I knew my son wasn't going to make it. The paramedic didn't know what he was doing.

'He was panicking and even dropped something down my son's throat by accident. It was awful.'

Miss Humberstone, who lives in Shiregreen, Sheffield, with her partner Jamie Maher, 22, and her children Kayden, 13, Roman, three, and Amelia, two, said: 'Police said they were arresting me because the coroner had raised concerns - but that can't be true because he had already issued a death certificate with the cause of death as an asthma attack.'

Detective Chief Inspector Clive Wain, of South Yorkshire Police, said: 'Claire is fully aware of the reasons for her arrest. She was arrested as a potential suspect, but we tried to be as sensitive and tactful as we could.'