Farmer took own life despite changing will and children's concerns, coroner says

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Farmer took own life despite changing will and children's concerns, coroner says
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A coroner has concluded that despite the concerns of his son and daughter, a retired farmer took his own life the day he changed his will.

A retired farmer took his own life the day he changed his will, a coroner has concluded despite the concerns of his son and daughter.

Mr Byrne has always denied any wrongdoing at Hully Farm in Whitchurch, Shropshire, but Charlie’s two children suspected there may have been foul play. She stressed that part of the reason she believed this was alleged inconsistencies in Mr Byrne’s account.Mr Barnett’s children Jennifer Parry-Jones and Robert Barnett

Pathologist Dr Jonathan Medcalf said that, while there was some bruising, ‘there were no overtly suspicious injuries identified such as to suggest a violent assault or potential dragging of the body’.

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