A REDDITCH mum is urging other parents to be vigilant after her baby was injured by a security pin which was in a baby-grow bought from Next.

Angela Stewart, from Woodrow, bought three baby-grows from the Kingfisher Centre branch of Next a couple of weeks ago and put her son Ashton, who is nearly six-months-old, to sleep in one of them at the beginning of last week.

When she went to him in the morning, she discovered spots of blood on his ankle and foot, and then discovered the pin in the foot of the outfit.

The pin had pierced and scratched baby Ashton in several places.

She approached Next and was told that it was the store's policy not to use such security pins in babies outfits and that they believed a shop-lifter may be responsible for it being there after removing it from another item of clothing.

But, they added that it was supposed to be the responsibility of sales staff to pat down clothing for such items when they are being paid for at the till.

Mrs Stewart said: "I just want other parents to be wary.

"You buy clothes from reputable companies like Next and of course you're going to presume they're safe to put your baby in.

"I told the people I spoke to at Next that this could have been far worse. They offered me a £50 voucher but that's not why I complained - this could have been absolutely dreadful and I don't want it happening again."

A spokesman from Next apologised for the upset and discomfort caused to Mrs Stewart and her son.

"Next take customer safety very seriously and don’t put tags on clothes for babies under 12 months," she said.

"Unfortunately we also face the challenge of security tags being removed and concealed in other garments, or discarded. Although we check both our stock and public areas of the store regularly, these potential hazards can be very difficult for even our most vigilant staff to spot.

"This particular case is currently being dealt with by our senior customer services management team, who are doing everything they can to minimise the possibility of a similar incident happening.