Father died when a ‘game of slaps’ with his teenage son went tragically wrong, inquest hears 

Bursar at prestigious Wellington College, 48, died when a ‘game of slaps’ with his teenage son, 19, went tragically wrong and he fell and hit his head on the road, inquest hears Ewan Callender didn’t want to slap his father but ‘wanted to make his dad proud’   By Tom Pyman For Mailonline Published: 13:18 … Read more

High-flying student, 18, ‘died from inhaling laughing gas’ weeks after saving boy, inquest hears

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

Schoolgirl, 16, who was found dead in her bedroom had taken cocaine and a painkiller, inquest hears

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

Retired police chief took his own life, inquest hears

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

Waitress, 19, hanged herself while on the phone to her best friend, inquest hears

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 in last December She had been on the phone to her best friend Lauren Askew moments … Read more

Caroline Flack was being stalked in the days before she killed herself, inquest documents reveal

Caroline Flack was ‘being harassed by an ex-partner’ which added to her stress during the court ordeal that led to her suicide, inquest documents have revealed. The former Love Island host, 40, had a stalker in the days running up to the court case following an assault on her boyfriend Lewis Burton.  Flack was found … Read more

Caroline Flack ‘was being harassed by an ex-partner’, inquest documents reveal 

Caroline Flack was ‘being harassed by an ex-partner’ which added to her stress during the court ordeal that led to her suicide, inquest documents have revealed. The former Love Island host, 40, had a stalker in the days running up to the court case following an assault on her boyfriend Lewis Burton.  Flack was found … Read more

Met police and CPS in blame game after Caroline Flack inquest: Scotland Yard insist they were right

The Met Police today insisted it was just following ‘government policy’ on cautions and domestic abuse when it pushed to charge Caroline Flack – and had not had any contact with her for nearly two months until she killed herself. Scotland Yard defended appealing the Crown Prosecution Service’s original decision to caution her, a move … Read more

Tricky’s daughter, 24, died in an ‘untoward incident’ at psychiatric hospital, inquest set to hear

Tricky’s daughter died in an ‘untoward incident’ at psychiatric hospital, inquest is today set to hear into death of 24-year-old that left former Massive Attack star’s ‘soul feeling empty’ Mazy ‘Mina’ Topley-Bird, 24, died at Darlington’s West Park Hospital in May 2019  Her death prompted a mental health trust to launch an ‘untoward incident’ probe … Read more