Open verdict on tragic fall death

Thursday 16 April 2015

An inquest has failed to find out why a man died after a 30-foot fall from Pier Road last August – but has ruled that the death was not suspicious.

The inquest into the tragic death of 29-year-old Gavin Le Cornu did not set out why he fell, but have underlined that there were no suspicious circumstances.

Mr Le Cornu died in hospital the day after the fall, after spending the night in a critical condition.

The finding of the inquest, which was completed yesterday was that “the specific circumstances; whilst not being suspicious, being unascertained and suicide unproven; death being due to multiple injuries sustained and consistent with a fall from height”.