Man with peanut allergy died after slice of pizza, inquest in Newcastle hears

James Atkinson, 23, who died in 2020, described by parents as having ‘a gift of making others happy’

A 23-year-old man with a peanut allergy who died after eating a slice of takeaway pizza ordered through Deliveroo has been described by his parents as someone who brightened everyone’s day and lived life to the full.

An inquest opened on Monday into the death of James Atkinson, a Newcastle University computer science graduate who had found his “dream job” as a computer programmer in the city.