Coroner unable to say whether woman found at bottom of her stairs with 53 injuries died as a result of accident or assault
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA coroner was unable to determine whether a woman found at the bottom of her stairs with 53 injuries died as a result of accidents or an assault.
An inquest heard mum of three Tina Cartlidge, 59, had previously suffered violent abuse at the hands of her husband during their marriage.
On April 7, 2020 she was sadly found dead at the bottom of her stairs. Her husband Paul was arrested the same day on suspicion of murder.
He was later released without charge, reports StokeOnTrentLive. READ MORE: Ex-BBC Breakfast exec drove to ex-boyfriend's house to help him while nearly three times over drink drive limit Sergeant Katie Gregory, from Staffordshire Police, told the inquest: “Paul said that Tina had fallen down a couple of days prior to her death and was bruised as a result of that. “She had gone to bed at 9pm and he said he would follow her up later." The next morning Paul found Tina still at the bottom of the stairs after 'hearing a loud bang' and 'knew straightaway she was dead'.
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