Son of woman who died after catching hypothermia when she couldn't afford to heat her home told her 'don't worry about the bills'
A 'proud' mum who died after developing hypothermia was worried about her energy bills, despite assurances from her son that he would cover the cost.
Her son, Mark Bolton, 61, said his "proud" mum had refused his offer to help to pay her power bills, the Mirror reports. She had a single gas fire in her living room and used portable electric heaters to warm the rest of her two-bedroom house, he said. "She was concerned about all her bills because she was a pensioner. She was careful, she was mindful of the prices and worried about them going up," he said.
Police coroner's officer Jane Scullion told the hearing: "Barbara was admitted to hospital on December 11, 2022, with hypothermia, and a chest infection. "Her death was particularly accelerated by hypothermia and there is a possibility of self-neglect due to the lack of heating so her death has been referred to the coroner," she said.
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