Linda Norgrove inquest: US commando tells of moment he threw grenade that killed aid worker
A US commando told today how his mind was racing at ”a million miles a minute” as he threw a grenade which killed a British aid worker he was trying to rescue. Linda Norgrove’s family at today’s inquest Tragic Linda Norgrove, 36, died during a failed attempt to save her from insurgents who were holding…
Army officer recruit dies during rigorous training exercise
An Army officer recruit who collapsed and died during a rigorous training exercise was a super-fit father-of-one, it emerged today. Rugby playing Adam Rumming, 27, died on Tuesday at an Army Officer Selection Board trial in Westbury, Wilts., which sees potential Sandhurst recruits put through their paces. The popular sportsman, from the village of Brynaman…
Jouster killed after splinter pierces eyeball in medieval re-enactment
A professional jouster was killed in a freak accident when a splinter pierced his eyeball during a medieval re-enactment for Channel Four’s Time Team, an inquest heard today. Tragic Paul Allen, 54, died when the shard from his wooden lance flew through the eye slit in his helmet and pierced his eye socket, inflicting horrific…
Son, 18, stabs to death mental health patient he finds murdering his mum
A mental health patient believed he was possessed by robots when he stabbed a woman to death in her own home before he was killed by her teenage son, an inquest heard today. James Killen, 18, (pictured) was drying his hair after a morning shower when he heard his mother Sandra Crawford, 53, screaming in…
Man who committed suicide left apology for ambulance and police staff
Tragic Michael Ball, 32, was discovered in a Premier Inn Hotel room on September 30.
Town crier killed in car crash as he drove to garage for Toyota recall
A town crier crashed his car and died as he drove to a garage for a Toyota recall, an inquest heard yesterday. Tragic Frank Beer, 83, was driving his yellow Peugeot 107 (like the one pictured), which was made in a Toyota factory, to have it checked for a suspected faulty accelerator. But he pulled…
Inquest: James Morrison’s dad drank himself to death in six-month binge
Singer James Morrison’s alcoholic dad drank himself to death in a six month booze binge, an inquest heard today. Paul Catchpole, 60, died of liver disease after a 20-year battle with alcohol. His body was discovered by paramedics in his squalid flat surrounded by empty beer cans and takeaway boxes at 9am on August 25….
Cher Lloyd’s uncle died after being tricked into drug overdose
X Factor star Cher Lloyd‘s beloved uncle died after being tricked into taking a lethal heroin substitute, an inquest heard. Cher was devastated when her uncle Edward Smith, known locally as ‘Boo Boo’, died suddenly aged just 34 in September. Shockingly, an inquest revealed Mr Smith – who was not a drug user – died…
Driver tells inquest how he caused Britain’s worst-ever water poisoning outbreak
A delivery driver today told an inquest how he caused Britain’s worst-ever water poisoning outbreak by dumping 20 tonnes of chemical in the wrong tank. Relief driver John Stephens (pictured, above) was instructed to deliver a consignment of aluminium sulphate to the Camelford water treatment works in Cornwall on July 6, 1988. He arrived to…
Gulf War veteran died after parachute failed during accidental ejection
A Gulf War veteran died when he was accidentally ejected from an RAF Tornado doing a ‘barrel roll’ stunt at 5,000ft and his parachute failed, an inquest heard today. Tragic Mike Harland, 44, was working as a navigator for a private company testing the RAF Tornado GR4 (similar to the one pictured) when the accident…
Tragic father drowned while surfing with teenage son
A devoted dad who drowned while surfing desperately tried to cling to his teenage son after they were overcome by a ”vicious” rip tide, an inquest heard today. Nigel Hayes, 51, and his son Daniel, 14, were ‘boogie boarding’ off Fistral Beach in Newquay, Cornwall, when they were swept 40ft out to sea. They clung…
Hospital consultant labels patient’s treatment as “very poor”
A consultant at a hospital where a patient died after waiting five hours to see a doctor today told an inquest his treatment had been ”unacceptable” and ”very poor”. Tragic Roland Holbrow, 87, died of natural causes without seeing a doctor – five hours after he was checked in to Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, Somerset,…
Tragic schoolgirl dies days after doctors send her home with paracetamol
A frightened schoolgirl suffered multiple organ failure and FOUR heart attacks just days after doctors sent her home with paracetamol and told her to take ‘plenty of rest’, an inquest heard. Tragic Amy Carter, 15, begged doctors not to discharge her, telling them ”I’m dying” but medics assured her she would be fine. But two…
Dad dies under ambulance he is fixing for disabled daughters
A devoted dad was crushed to death underneath an ambulance he was converting to transport his disabled daughters, an inquest heard. Tragic Paul Smith, 31, bought the vehicle because it was big enough to accommodate the wheelchairs of his two girls, aged five and six. The inquest heard how the qualified mechanic propped the vehicle…
Ruby Wax’s sister-in-law killed by train after dog pulled her onto track
Comedienne Ruby Wax’s sister-in-law was killed after her dog pulled her onto a railway line into the path of an oncoming train, an inquest heard. Julia Canning, 55, was walking dogs Jazz and Tigger in country fields near her home when she approached a pedestrian crossing over the main London to Penzance line. Dalmatian Jazz…
Scandal of wrongly discharged pensioner, 92, left to die in son’s arms
A 92-year-old woman died just minutes after being wrongly discharged from hospital – after two doctors misdiagnosed bleeding in her heart as a chest infection. Frail Evelyn Jones fell unconscious in her son’s car when her heart ruptured shortly after she left hospital in the middle of a freezing night last December. Son Robin, 51,…
Foster child ‘fascinated by fire’ kills himself and sister after starting blaze at home
An eight-year-old foster child with a ”fascination with fire” killed himself and his sister by starting a blaze at their home with a cigarette lighter, an inquest heard. Ben Mcauliffe was fostered at the age of six months but but began starting fires in and around the family home as he got older. He had…
