1/1 AN “INTELLIGENT and polite” Southampton cyclist who died on a main road is thought to have collided with a bridge while not wearing a helmet. Southampton resident Declan Murray, 55, was pronounced dead on the B2150 in Droxford on August 10 2020. This was near the Station Road junction at approximately 11pm. PC Andrew Daw, forensic collision investigator, said that he was likely to have been travelling at around 25mph in almost complete darkness. The front tyre of his bike was also significantly under-inflated. “The only lights available on this road at this time of night were the lighting equipment that Declan had and the lights from other road users,” PC Daw told an inquest in Winchester.
The inquest for Keiron Wallder was heard at Winchester Coroners Court on May 11 A MAN who was falsely accused of the murder of his partner took his own life after becoming “desperately distraught”. Keiron Robert Wallder was arrested following the death of Tara Stiles, his 33-year-old partner, on suspicion of her murder. He was later released on police bail, with an inquest earlier this year hearing she died following an accidental overdose. The inquest into the death of the 25-year-old at Winchester Coroners’ Court heard that following his release, he told a social worker “he would kill himself with heroin”. On April 18, he was found unresponsive at his flat in Bridge Street, Andover, and later died at the Royal Hampshire Hospital in Winchester.
A man who was falsely accused of the murder of his partner took his own life after becoming “desperately distraught”. Keiron Robert Wallder was arrested following the death of Tara Stiles, his 33-year-old partner, on suspicion of her murder. He was later released on police bail, with an inquest earlier this year hearing she died following an accidental overdose. The inquest into the death of the 25-year-old at Winchester Coroners’ Court heard that following his release, he told a social worker “he would kill himself with heroin”. On April 18, he was found unresponsive at his flat in Bridge Street, and later died at the Royal Hampshire Hospital in Winchester.
A FATHER concerned about the mental health of his son who went on to kill a parish councillor was told by the doctors’ surgery that they couldn’t help him, an inquest has heard. John Sartain, from Andover, contacted Adelaide Medical Practice to ask for urgent help for his son Alex, who believed their neighbour Cllr James Nash was a Russian spy and was working for Vladamir Putin. He went on to fatally shoot Cllr Nash outside his home in Upper Enham on August 5, 2020. The 34-year-old died when he crashed his bike later that day after being pursued by police.