‘I’m lying upstairs while she’s lying out in the garden freezing to death’ A husband found his wife frozen to death outside their house – after she fell coming home from the pub. Andy White and wife Naomi had drinking together but he went home early as he was going on holiday the next morning. […]

2 years ago

There was no sign she had been harmed or assaulted An inquest has heard that Nicola Bulley was alive when she fell into the River Wyre and died as a result of drowning. The inquest into Ms Bulley’s death began today at County Hall in Preston. Giving evidence, Home Office pathologist Dr Alison Armour said […]

2 years ago

‘I opened the van door and saw my mum and sister and for an instant thought they had fallen asleep’ A fatal error led to the deaths of a mum and daughter who were trying to decorate a burger van as a birthday surprise, an inquest has been told. The bodies of Leah Churchill, 50, […]

3 years ago

A domestic violence protection order was in place at the time of the deaths A young couple who were found dead in their Devon flat both died from natural causes, on the same day, in a “very rare” case. An inquest heard that 32-year-old Aleasha Sullivan and Joshua Sandercock, 30, were discovered lifeless in her […]

3 years ago

‘This was a tragic event involving two lonely people who wanted to escape from the society around them’ Reclusive siblings who hoarded stacks of magazines started a fire at their home which killed them – the day before housing officials were due to visit, an inquest has been told. Alan, 68, and Linda McGinty, 63, […]

3 years ago

Michael Holmes’ death was the third fatal cow trampling in a month A man was killed and his widow left paralysed when they were trampled by a herd of cows as they walked their daughter’s dogs during their lunch break, an inquest has heard. Michael Holmes was pronounced dead at the scene and his widow […]

3 years ago