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
Family’s Chow Chow-cross Teddy mauled 12-day-old boy to death while mother was on toilet and father was outside with another child, inquest hears Elon, who was just 12-days-old, was mauled to death by the dog in Doncaster Mother Abigail Ellis had been in the bathroom when the Elon was savaged Father Stephen Joynes was playing outside … 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
A retired police chief took his own life after he became ‘paranoid and neurotic’ while under coronavirus quarantine to protect his family, an inquest has heard. James Connelly-Webster, 58, was found dead in a chalet at the bottom of his garden in Crackington Haven, Bude on April 1 after self-isolating there when he began to display symptoms … Read more
The mother of a black man who died after he was restrained by officers has told an inquest he had a fear of police as he had been ‘mistreated’ and Tasered in the past. Kevin Clarke died in police custody at Lewisham Hospital in March 2018, following an incident in the Polsted Road area of … Read more
Waitress, 19, hanged herself while on the phone to her best friend after becoming obsessed with social media and upset when she did not get enough likes for her selfies Chloe Davison died at her home in Lanchester, County Durham last December She had been on the phone to her best friend Lauren Askew moments earlier … Read more