Slurry pit death farmer changed will on day he died - inquest

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An inquest has heard how an elderly farmer died near Whitchurch, on the day he’d changed his will. Full story:

John Charles Barnett's overturned mobility scooter was found on the edge of a slurry lagoon

John Charles Barnett's overturned mobility scooter was found on the edge of a slurry lagoon in January 2020.The inquest at Ruthin, Denbighshire, heard he made a will in 2014, leaving his farm and some land to Nigel Byrne, who worked on the dairy farm.The hearing was told that he revoked the will and made a new one the day he died.

At a previous pre-inquest hearing, coroner John Gittins had been asked by the counsel for Mr Barnett's family to give consideration to unlawful killing in his deliberations. Robert Barnett said: "It's a horrible thing to have to believe. Nigel did have a history where he abused and threatened Dad [with] what would happen if he changed his will.

 

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