 |
| Cole |
According to a report on Mailonline, a woman who died in a jointly suicide attempt with her boyfriend, left a note in her diary begging people not to blame her partner who later survived.
It was revealed that David Cole, stole gas canisters and £11,000 from the pub he worked at in Bromsgrove so that he and his 28-year old girlfriend, Leonie Roberts, could live out their last days in style.
The couple bought a car for £2,000 and went to London where they went to the zoo, gambled in a casino and stayed in a hotel. They then drove until they ran out of petrol on the A387 near Loe. They then sat down together and let off the canisters.
Despite experts saying the couple, who had made the suicide pact days before, could release enough gas to kill someone very quickly, Cole survived the toxic dose, for reasons that remain unclear.
People spotted the car with steamed up windows in the layby the next day and when police investigated, he said 'I might as well tell you', and went on to explain that Miss Roberts' body was wrapped up in bedding in the back.
Mechanical engineer, David Teasdale told the coroner: 'I cannot give any reason why the male survived and the female did not if they both remained in the vehicle.'
Cornwall Coroner, Dr Emma Carlyon said: 'I have found that it is probable Leonie Roberts killed herself in a suicide pact. The medical cause of death is poisoning.'
Miss Roberts, was found dead in a silver Ford Mondeo car in a lay by on the A387 near Looe, Cornwall, one day in July 2013. Police later arrested Cole after he admitted they have travelled to Cornwall to end their lives.
In August, Cole was jailed for four years after he admitted her manslaughter at Exeter Crown Court. He had denied murder and the prosecution accepted his plea to unlawful killing.
At his court hearing in August, Judge Francis Gilbert, told Cole, 'You must bear the responsibility for encouraging and assisting her to carry out her settled intent to kill herself. Your position should have been to dissuade her.'
The judge said Cole was highly culpable because he stole the gas and cash used in the planned suicide pact some days before the actual incident.
It was revealed that David Cole, stole gas canisters and £11,000 from the pub he worked at in Bromsgrove so that he and his 28-year old girlfriend, Leonie Roberts, could live out their last days in style.
The couple bought a car for £2,000 and went to London where they went to the zoo, gambled in a casino and stayed in a hotel. They then drove until they ran out of petrol on the A387 near Loe. They then sat down together and let off the canisters.
Despite experts saying the couple, who had made the suicide pact days before, could release enough gas to kill someone very quickly, Cole survived the toxic dose, for reasons that remain unclear.
People spotted the car with steamed up windows in the layby the next day and when police investigated, he said 'I might as well tell you', and went on to explain that Miss Roberts' body was wrapped up in bedding in the back.
Mechanical engineer, David Teasdale told the coroner: 'I cannot give any reason why the male survived and the female did not if they both remained in the vehicle.'
Cornwall Coroner, Dr Emma Carlyon said: 'I have found that it is probable Leonie Roberts killed herself in a suicide pact. The medical cause of death is poisoning.'
Miss Roberts, was found dead in a silver Ford Mondeo car in a lay by on the A387 near Looe, Cornwall, one day in July 2013. Police later arrested Cole after he admitted they have travelled to Cornwall to end their lives.
In August, Cole was jailed for four years after he admitted her manslaughter at Exeter Crown Court. He had denied murder and the prosecution accepted his plea to unlawful killing.
At his court hearing in August, Judge Francis Gilbert, told Cole, 'You must bear the responsibility for encouraging and assisting her to carry out her settled intent to kill herself. Your position should have been to dissuade her.'
The judge said Cole was highly culpable because he stole the gas and cash used in the planned suicide pact some days before the actual incident.
No comments:
Post a Comment
All comments represents the view of those who comment not that of the author