Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah: Mum settles legal action over air pollution death

Ms Adoo-Kissi-Debrah said the settlement was going to take a while to sink in “because I’ve been fighting for so long”, adding that the apology was “not going to bring Ella back”.

“It’s a David and Goliath situation. I was never going to win. You can’t win because your child is already dead.

“But it was about the recognition, the justice, and I wanted them to do something.”

She told BBC London “the moment I decided to push for an apology was when our KC at the inquest, who is now the attorney general, equated Ella’s injuries to torture”.

Ms Adoo-Kissi-Debrah added that the case had “affected my health, all the stress”, but said she was “glad I did it and it answers a lot of questions for us about our health”.

“It’s the acknowledgement of what happened to her. The fact that someone can become so ill so suddenly, and something horrific happen to them.”

“I’m going to say it again and again. Ella isn’t the only one,” she continued.

“The fact that in 2024 children continue to die from asthma is not acceptable.”