The brutal killing of 71-year-old Marlene McCabe at the hands of her own grandson in September 2019 shocked Blackpool and the wider Lancashire community
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With Assistant Coroner Tim Holloway due to conclude the inquest on May 3, having taken time to consider the evidence, here's what we've heard so far during the inquest. Assistant Coroner Tim Holloway asked Mr Scott why Marlene, who was born in Burnley, had begun locking herself in her bedroom at night in the months leading up to her death. "Because she was getting worried and Marlene was scared of him," he replied. "She knew something was going to happen to her. She was frightened for her life."
An A&E nurse who triaged Conor was alarmed to see him crouching on a chair and hissing at people and he was assessed by mental health team leader Carole Middlebrook. Extracts of medical records suggested that Ms Middlebrook's assessment of Conor lasted less than nine minutes and she decided he was a "nice young man" with "no underlying psychosis".
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