A mum has paid tribute to her 'beautiful and thoughtful daughter' who died after being found unresponsive in a police cell. June Hartigan delivered a moving introduction at the inquest into daughter Kelly Hartigan-Burns death.
She was pronounced dead at the Royal Blackburn Infirmary after being found hanging at Greenbank Police Station in the town shortly after midnight on December 4, 2016. READ MORE:Police officer who 'lost control' guilty of gross misconduct after Bolton woman died after arrest A jury of 10 men and women will sit for an estimated two-and-a-half weeks to hear evidence about how she came by her death.
June said her 35-year-old Bolton-born daughter had grown up the elder of two children, loving ballet and tap dancing and was a keen member of the Girl Guide movement and was involved in many charity events.
But aged 18 she had to identify her father who had died in tragic circumstances after falling into a hole filled with water, after which she began suffering from depression.
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