A coroner has urged the council to take action following the death of Sarah McGreevy, 37.
A woman died after falling from her sixth-floor balcony while she was clearing a blocked drainpipe, an inquest has heard. The coroner has urged Hackney Council to take action following the death of Sarah McGreevy, 37, who reportedly worked as a fashion designer, on 16 June. She suffered fatal injuries when she accidentally fell over the balcony of her flat in east London at around 9.40am after climbing onto a wooden box to clear the pipe, the inquest, which finished on Wednesday, heard.
Photographs taken of Ms McGreevy's hands showed dirt around her fingernails 'consistent with undertaking a cleaning task'. 'I found that it was more likely than not that Ms McGreevy had climbed onto the wooden box to clear the pipe and had accidentally fallen over the balcony,' Ms Bourke said. 'In the absence of remedial works, the practice of residents unblocking pipes themselves is likely to continue.
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