Jonathan Miall died on July 2 at his farm near Bicester. At his inquest at Oxford Coroners’ Court on January 19, the head coroner for the county, Darren Salter, said that the 46-year-old farmer had been attempting to fix an oil leak on his boom sprayer by tightening a safety valve. The inquest heard that when he threaded the broken part it caused the safety valve to become detached and resulted in the uncontrolled lowering of the boom which crushed him against the tank. Mr Salter ruled the death as an accident. -