An inquiry turned up the sad facts surrounding the death of 35-year-old Jessie Lawrence, who fell on holiday in County Mayo and suffered severe brain injuries. Lawrence was living with her partner, Graeme (Jimmy) Toney, and their two daughters, Orlagh and Rhonagh, aged four and six, last month at a vacation rental in Cong.
Lawrence, an Orchard Way, Stratford on Avon resident, was caring to a wailing baby late at night when she tumbled down the steps. garda Lawrence was taken to Mayo University Hospital (MUH) following the fall, according to Pat Coen’s testimony before the inquest; he was subsequently declared dead in the intensive care unit on August 18.
Mr Toney’s account is that a fall and a cry woke him. He related hearing the bannister creaking and then finding Lawrence bleeding from the head at the bottom of the steps. Distressed, he gave an emergency call right away.
Dr. Tamas Nemeth’s postmortem analysis found cerebral herniation brought on by severe brain injuries as the cause of death. Gardaí looked at the situation closely and discovered no evidence of third-party involvement or foul play.
Pat O’Connor, the district of Mayo coroner, noted throughout the procedures the organ donation Lawrence’s family made—including her kidneys and liver. “It is one of the most noble things a family can agree to do,” he said, on the virtue of this action.
Emphasising the great anxiety and pain Lawrence’s partner, children, and relatives went through, O’Connor really mourned with the bereaved family. Courts presenter for An Garda Síochána, Sgt. Noel Crinnegan, also showered sentiments on the deceased family during this trying period.
