A mother accused of negligence after a boy suffered a catastrophic accident on a bouncy castle during her triplets’ birthday party was acting no differently than thousands of other parents, a court heard.

So argued top QC, Graham Eklund, who is representing Catherine Perry in her Appeal Court fight to prove she was not to blame for the accident which wrecked an 11-year-old boy's life.

Mr Eklund told the court that what Mrs Perry had done on the day of the party “was probably no different from thousands and thousands of other parents” who are responsible for supervising more than one child at birthday parties.

But Susan Rodway QC, for Sam Harris, now 13, said there should have been "uninterrupted supervision" of the bouncy castle by the Perrys during their triplets' birthday party.

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