Tycoon's daughter, 2, 'could reach' blind cord that strangled her "She was found unresponsive in her cot by her nanny," she said in a statement read to the court. Her neck appeared to have been entangled in a cord attached to the window blinds. That cord was long enough to be reached from the infant's cot. After emergency services were called, they desperately tried to revive her but she was pronounced dead when she arrived at hospital. A post-mortem examination carried out at Great Ormond Street hospital on Friday concluded that she had died as a result of "asphyxiation by ligature suspension." Scotland Yard detectives are still investigating the tragedy, but a Met Police spokesman said officers were treating the death as "non-suspicious." Her parents, described in court as a company director and a housewife, did not attend today's inquest. The couple, who have two other children, have previously declined to comment. It is understood that Mr Hoegh, who is the chairman of a multi-billion-pound oil and gas shipping firm based in Norway, was out of the country on business. The businessman, who divides his time between London and Oslo, immediately flew back to Britain. Mr Hoegh, the head of the shipping firm Hoegh LNG, has a personal fortune estimated at £175 million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. Taking into account his family's vast fortune, he is considered one of Norway's youngest billionaires. Figures show that there have been at least 22 deaths caused by blind cords since 1999, with half of those cases occurring within the past three years. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents advises parents to install cordless blinds in children's rooms, or keep cords out of reach. Dr Fiona Wilcox, the Westminster Coroner, adjourned the hearing until January.