AN 85 YEAR OLD WIDOW KILLED HERSELF AFTER A DREAM

AN 85 YEAR OLD WIDOW KILLED HERSELF AFTER A DREAM HOLIDAY IN

SPAIN TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE, AN INQUEST HEARD TODAY (FRI).

LILLIAN HONEYSETT AND TWO FRIENDS TRAVELLED TO THE COSTA DEL

SOL FOR WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME, SOUTHWARK

CORONERS COURT WAS TOLD.

BUT THE HOLIDAY WAS A DISASTER.

AND WHEN LILLIAN RETURNED

TO ENGLAND HER HEALTH DETERIORATED AND SHE JUMPED TO HER DEATH FROM

THE BALCONY OF HER THIRTEENTH FLOOR FLAT.

INSTEAD OF BLAZING SUNSHINE THE WOMEN ENDURED TORRENTIAL

RAINFALL.

THEY ALL RETURNED WITH BRONCHITIS AND MRS HONEYSETT’S TWO

HEARING AIDS PACKED UP.

‘THEY HAD A HORRIBLE TIME,’ SAID HER NIECE, MRS KATHLEEN

CLARK, OF OUTRAM ROAD, EAST HAM, EAST LONDON.

‘SHE WAS VERY UPSET.

‘

MRS HONEYSETT LEAPT TO HER DEATH ON APRIL 12 DURING A FIT OF

DEPRESSION.

SHE WAS FOUND DEAD ON THE FORECOURT OF THE BLOCK OF

FLATS, AT RAGLAN ROAD, WOOLWICH, SOUTH EAST LONDON.

MRS HONEYSETT DIED OF MULTIPLE INJURIES, SAID PATHOLOGIST

PROFESSOR JAMES CAMERON.

VERDICT : SUICIDE.

ENDS