A family have been left devastated after their mum died suddenly after her birthday night out. Joanne Barker, 53, had shown no symptoms of illness before she died from fatal haemorrhage caused by a brain aneurysm.
19.10.2022 - 09:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A popular and much-loved dad and granddad who died 10 years after being attacked and left unconscious in the street was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled.
Ashley McGurk, then 32, was set upon at a shopping centre in north Manchester as he walked home from a night out in the early hours of Christmas Day in 2011, in what police believe was a violent robbery.
Ashley, also sometimes known as Ashley Thomas, was left with 'catastrophic' injuries including a 'devastating' brain injury from which it was initially feared he would not survive. He did, however, he never returned home and spent the next 10 years in a number of different care homes needing round-the-clock care.
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He died in hospital in January last year aged 41 after being taken unwell. He was found to have developed pneumonia which was recorded as the immediate cause of his death. However, a pathologist ruled the "underlying cause" was the injuries he sustained in the assault.
An inquest into his death heard one person was charged following the initial investigation into the attack but that the trial collapsed on the day it was due to begin.
And despite renewed attempts from officers following his death – with the probe now treated as a potential manslaughter or murder enquiry - those responsible are still at large and have not been brought to justice.
A coroner today urged anyone who had been sitting on information for the past decade which could help detectives to "find the courage" to "do the right thing" and come forward.
Giving evidence at the inquest at Rochdale Coroner's Court on Tuesday, Ashley's mum Jackie Wexler paid tribute to him saying: "He was
A family have been left devastated after their mum died suddenly after her birthday night out. Joanne Barker, 53, had shown no symptoms of illness before she died from fatal haemorrhage caused by a brain aneurysm.
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