Woman found ex-builder husband dead after broken grinder blade slashed his neck in 'freak accident'

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An inquest has heard how the family of a retired builder arrived home to the horrifying discovery that the stone cutting tool he was using had shattered and cut his throat.

Danny Newberry bled to death after the blade of the tool - known as an angle grinder - disintegrated into fragments, with part of it coming free and hitting him in the neck.

The 66-year-old was discovered by his wife Moira, lying in the gardens his Tulip Avenue home, in Farnworth, near Bolton, on August 7, 2020. READ MORE:Gary Neville urges Bolton MP to quiz Boris Johnson over alleged lockdown Christmas party Moira - who had been staying with her granddaughter the night before - said she felt an 'overwhelming feeling' she needed to go home on the morning of the tragedy.