Heartbroken mum fell from second floor of shopping centre after tragic death of daughter
16.01.2022 - 17:43
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A heartbroken mum who lost her little girl in a house fire started deliberately by her ex-partner fell from the second floor of a shopping centre in a bid to be reunited with her daughter.
Cherie Rangeley was given the horrific details of 10-year-old Paige Bolton's tragic death at an inquest into the house fire that killed her and dad Gary Bolton.
Assistant Ian Sprakes delivered the inquest's verdict on Monday, saying the blaze had been intentionally set by Gary, who locked himself and his child in the home as it went up in flames.
Both perished in the property on Wensley Avenue, north Hull, in the early hours of early hours of January 25, 2020, Hull Live reports.
Paige’s mum Cherie, 45, had previously spoken of her struggles with alcoholism after her daughter's death.
But she has now revealed she hit a new low shortly after the inquest was adjourned in August last year.
Cherie said: “I jumped from the second floor of St Stephen’s and ended up in a coma for a short while.
“I smashed my hip and knee as a result and I still have to use a wheel chair most of the time.
“I just wanted to be with Paige.
“Luckily, I survived. I know I now need to find a way to move on and stop trying to hurt myself."
Cherie previously told Hull Live of her struggles to deal with what happened.
“I nearly died because of all this as it tipped me over the edge,” she said back in August.
"I turned to drink and ended up in hospital. But I haven’t drank now for around ten months."
Despite the conclusion into the inquest, Cherie has not got the answers she hoped for.
“For Paige it wasn’t suicide, Garry murdered my little girl,” she said.
“There is no closure really. He didn’t have to take my little girl. If you want to kill yourself then fine but he didn’t