A coroner will make recommendations to the Government over the death of a father after a fire caused by a faulty fridge freezer.

Santosh Benjamin-Muthiah, 36, died in hospital after a blaze at his home in Grant Road, Wealdstone, on November 11, in 2010.

At the North London Coroners Court, in Barnet today, coroner Andrew Walker recorded a narrative verdict into the death.

Mr Walker said he would put forward recommendations proposed by Hertfordshire Trading standards, the local authority for Beko, the manufacturer of the fridge freezer.

In a statement read out by the family's legal team following the verdict, Jennifer Benjamin said: "Today marks the end of a long road for us a family.

"We as a family lost a gentle and nurturing father to my kids, a very special son and a loving husband, as a result of this tragic incident.

"Nothing can ever replace the loss of my cherished husband and my best friend Santaosh.

"What happened to us as a family should never happen again to another household.

"We sincerely hope this legal exercise results in changes to prevent incident of this nature in the future."

Recommendations put forward by Mr Walker include the creation of a government funded national website where all retail manufacturers any could register product recalls and an increase in the punishment for manufacturers who fail to adhere to trading standards rules.

He also recommended was the requirement for manufacturers to get the names and addresses of customers to make it easier to carry out a product recall.

The court heard how on the night of the incident, a fault in the device's defrost timer switch caused the fire.

Mr Benjamin-Muthiah's wife Jennifer was woken up by smoke in the house.

The Microsoft engineer passed his two-month old daughter to his wife, who then passed the child out the bathroom window to a neighbour who was standing on a bin next to the house.

The couple's other child was rescued from the roof of a neighbouring house.

Mr Benjamin-Muthiah was not able to escape and was found unconscious in the bathroom by firefighters and died two days later at Northwick Park Hospital.

Steve Turek from London Fire Brigade said: "This was a tragic incident and our deepest sympathies are with the family and friends of Mr Muthiah.

"The coroner has today reported on a number of risks associated with refrigeration appliances and highlighted action that could be taken to address those risks, which the brigade fully supports."

The court had previously heard how Beko had been aware from 2003 of a small number of "component failures" and from 2004 to 2010 had received reports of a fires but had not gone ahead with a product recall.

The company did not recall the products until after the death of Mr Benjamin-Muthiah in 2010.

Speaking outside the court after the verdict Andrew Mullen, safety director for Beko said the company would examine the coroners' verdict and recommendations.