JCB worker, 53, who was driven to drink by being furloughed was found dead at foot of the stairs by his wife after suffering cardiac arrest triggered by excess alcohol, inquest hears Craig Batkin, 53, collapsed at his home in Stoke-on-Trent on May 17 He had been furloughed for two months by JCB digger company His … Read more
Schoolboy, 14, died after being hit on the head by a hockey stick at practice with no coaches present and pitch lights switched off, inquest hears Luke Hobson was hitting balls at Blueharts Hockey Club in Hitchin, Hertfordshire But the lights were off and no coaches were there to monitor them, court heard Luke’s parents … Read more
British motorcycling champion Sean Emmett saw his new bride ‘flip out’ of their Dubai hotel window while looking for her lost wedding ring, his brother told an inquest into her death. Jason Emmett, told Surrey coroner’s court how his brother Sean had called him hours after his wife Abbie Elson, 27, plummeted to her death … Read more
Sgt Matt Ratana, 54, died from a gunshot wound to the chest, inquest hears By Rory Tingle For Mailonline Published: 15:39 BST, 1 October 2020 | Updated: 15:46 BST, 1 October 2020 Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matt Ratana died from a gunshot wound to the chest, his inquest heard today. The 54-year-old was shot as he … Read more
The vice president of British Petroleum hanged himself at his £2million home a week after he was made redundant, a coroner heard today. Newly-married Nick Spencer, 61, was found dead at his luxury home where he lived with his wife Eve in Buckinghamshire in April. His inquest heard he spent a decade working for the … Read more
A schoolgirl took her own life when she stepped in front of a train after being teased about a break-up, an inquest heard. Lucy Fagg, 16, had been subjected to name-calling after the breakdown of a relationship before she killed herself at a station in Sturry, near Canterbury in Kent, on March 6. On the … Read more
The chief executive of Boohoo today told an inquest through tears how he slapped his 20-year-old’s face then did CPR in a desperate bid to revive him after finding him dead in bed following a drugs binge. Louis Butler Lyttle – son of the clothing firm’s boss, John – was found unresponsive in his room … Read more
The death of a talented 18-year-old student, who had saved a boy’s life just weeks earlier, was ‘most likely’ related to taking laughing gas, an inquest has heard. Rory Wai, from Wivenhoe, Essex, was found unresponsive in his bedroom by his brother William, on the evening of August 6 last year. Just weeks before his … Read more
One of the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing was trying for a baby and had begun choosing baby names, the inquiry has been told. Kelly Brewster, 32, had started making a list of baby names on her phone and had an offer accepted on a new home on the morning of the attack in … Read more
Schoolgirl, 16, who was found dead in her bedroom had taken cocaine and a painkiller, inquest hears as her heartbroken father pays tribute to his ‘gentle’ and ‘beautiful’ daughter Ellesse Potter, 16, was found dead in her room by her mother’s partner in 2018 She had spent the evening before applying fake tan at home … Read more