Omid Scobie is finally setting the record straight!
19.11.2023 - 18:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum-of-three has spoke of her traumatic five-year battle to prove her parents were killed by bed bug spray in a hotel while on holiday in Egypt.
John Cooper, 69, and Susan, 63, had been enjoying a "brilliant" time at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada with their grandchildren and family friends.
An inquest into their deaths this month heard how they were were poisoned as they slept after the room next door to them was sprayed with pesticide and chemicals to kill a bed bug infestation.
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The deadly vapour crept into their room under an adjoining locked door, Preston Coroner's Court heard. Dr James Adeley, senior coroner for Lancashire, ruled that the deaths in August 2018 were caused by the spraying of the pesticide containing the chemical dichloromethane in the adjoining room and the couple then inhaling the vapour, resulting in their deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The verdict came after an Egyptian probe had said the Burnley couple's deaths were caused by E. coli. Medics there even told daughter Kelly Ormerod they were the result of a suicide pact.
And now, after a surge in bed bugs in the UK, shattered Kelly is warning people to call in specialist firms to deal with them rather than risking tragedy themselves, whatever the price. The 46-year-old told the Mirror: "I still suffer from the trauma of seeing them die in such a dreadful way.
"Our family is broken without them. I’m still in so much pain over the thought their deaths could have been prevented but I’m glad we now finally have the answers. We’ve been given closure in
Omid Scobie is finally setting the record straight!
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