Tests carried out on a toy gun blamed for the death of an 11-year-old boy have found it met required safety standards.

Trading standards bosses have finished their initial investigation on the plastic gun involved in the death of Scott West.

He choked when a 1in-long dart from the gun he bought from a supermarket at Sandy Balls Holiday Centre in the New Forest became stuck in his throat.

The plastic toy has now been withdrawn from shelves at the store.

Scott, of Cousins Way, Pulborough, was playing with the gun at the caravan site where he was staying with his aunt and uncle.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The trading standards department at Hampshire County Council said test results suggested the boy's death had probably been a tragic accident.

Reports suggest Scott may have been chewing on the barrel of the gun when the dart shot into his mouth.

A council spokeswoman said: "This appears to have been a tragic accident through misuse of the gun or he could have tripped when he was running with it.

"Early test results show the toy appears to comply with safety standards.

"Further tests will be carried out to confirm this but it seems there is nothing wrong as such with the gun. It is not clear what happened.

"Kids of course will swallow anything. When they play they will copy films. Given the test results, we have decided there is no need to issue a warning about this toy."

Scott is believed to have lived with his mother Tracey and disabled brother Josh, nine.

The family was still too upset to speak publicly about their tragic loss last night.

Andrew Howe, managing director at Sandy Balls, said: "We were stocking two or three types of this kind of toy. As a precautionary measure, we immediately removed all of these, and similar products, from our store.

"All of our toys carry the European Union CE mark."