[SimoneFlen']

A coroner has described the death of a barmaid as one of the most unusual cases he had ever presided over.

J.C., 52, was found strangled by her pyjamas on the oven at home after making her nephew a bacon sandwich.

Mystery prevails over how her clothes became caught on the door, but coroner J.A. described it as ‘extraordinarily bad luck’.

He said: ‘It is very unusual that someone who was fit and well managed to suspend themselves accidentally from the oven door.

‘What appears to have happened is that for some reason she has fallen and caught her pyjama top on the lower handle of the oven door.

‘I can’t explain how she ended up in this position it’s a very unusual case. In my 20 years of doing this I have never come across this happening.’

'J' had made nephew J.B. a bacon sandwich in the early hours of January 24 before he went to bed.

He woke up late and at 2pm he found her body in the kitchen of her home in Blackburn.

Her daughter S.R. said ‘only she knows how it happened’ before paying tribute to her mum, a popular character in the Lancashire town.

She and sister T.C. said their mum ‘pretty much knew the name of everyone in Blackburn.’

'J' worked at Queens Park Club, the Clifton and the Railway Club, where she became known as ‘everyone’s agony aunt’.

They added: ‘She knew everything about everyone and was never shy with a bit of gossip.

‘Her wonderful sense of humour endeared her to everyone she came into contact with and it is a great testament to her nature that she formed so many long-lasting relationships over the years.

‘There wasn’t a pub in Blackburn where she hadn’t pulled a pint; she even worked alongside her daughters in the Last Orders pub.

[v1r]

Impressive.

[suomynona]

Impressive, indeed. Would love to see pictures of that, if they ever become available. Thanks, Simone!

[DelightfulEnglish]

Blast, you had me excited for pictures then

[SimoneFlen']

Originally Posted by suomynona ↗

Impressive, indeed. Would love to see pictures of that, if they ever become available. Thanks, Simone!

Originally Posted by DelightfulEnglish ↗

Blast, you had me excited for pictures then

As it's England, I can guarantee that there will never be any photos available to the public.

[Morbidmommy78]

Sitting here debating if I should go downstairs and make a BLT with the leftover bacon and fresh tomatoes from the garden. Saw this heading and decided this was fate intervening

[William May]

Originally Posted by Morbidmommy78 ↗

Sitting here debating if I should go downstairs and make a BLT with the leftover bacon and fresh tomatoes from the garden. Saw this heading and decided this was fate intervening

I went and made a BLT without the tomatoes, and nothing happened.
So fate was probably out drowning kittens or something.

[samueljones]

That's a very 'Six Feet Under' kind of demise...

[Taco187]

This feels like I'm reading the newspaper in bloodmoney after a mission.

[oimky]

Oh shit a local one! What piss poor luck