'Adventurous' granddad who loved climbing trees fell to his death in country park, inquest hears
An 'adventurous spirit' climbed a tree without shoes at a country park before falling to his death, an inquest heard. Grandfather Stephen Hitchen had been warned against continuing up the tree in Haigh Hall Country Park, in Wigan, by his two nephews.
Mr Wooton told the inquest his uncle chose the tree he wanted to climb. A branch had fallen from another tree days earlier, giving a platform for Mr Hitchen to climb onto the other tree, the court heard. He added: "Eventually I said 'that's enough now it's a bit high... you're better off turning round'. But if he had something on his mind you could not really stop him, basically, that's the type of person he was."
Mr Wooton told the court his uncle had taken cannabis around an hour and had 'a bit of a drink' before visiting the park, but insisted he did not seem drunk. "He was walking straight and that," he said. Pathologist Naveen Sharma gave the cause of Mr Hitchen's death as 'multiple injuries', having found evidence of rib fractures, internal bleeding and damage to organs. Recording a conclusion of 'misadventure', coroner Mr Teasdale said: "Stephen Hitchen was of an adventurous spirit.
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