An “astonished” coroner has adjourned the inquest into the death of a young woman from Brighton after her mother raised serious concerns in open court this afternoon (Thursday 15 October).
Sussex Police is expected to speak to the family of Paige Greenaway after the 23-year-old’s mother Edell spoke out at Brighton and Hove Coroner’s Court.
Mrs Greenaway said that she believed that Paige’s boyfriend Joe Holloway may have been involved in her daughter’s death.
Paige, who had three daughters, was found hanging in her bedsit in Richmond Terrace, Brighton, by two police officers on Sunday 9 February.
They went to check on her welfare after Mr Holloway rang 999 because he said that he was worried about her.
Paige had sent him a suicidal text message some 24 hours earlier, according to Detective Sergeant Chris Lane, who said: “The specific nature of the message left me feeling uncomfortable.”
He had also been concerned by the delay before the 999 call was made by Mr Holloway, who did not attend the inquest. He said that Paige had made suicidal threats before.
Mrs Greenaway said: “I believe that he was to do with what went on in that room.”
Mrs Hamilton-Deeley said: “Are you seriously saying that Paige was murdered by Joe? Do you think that he was actually involved with the act of hanging?”
Mrs Greenaway said: “Yes.”
Detective Sergeant Lane told the court: “There was nothing about that scene or the behaviour of Joe that makes me think that he was involved in her death.
“There was clearly someone who was very grief-stricken. He felt that he should have done more and should have contacted the police sooner.
“I don’t think he was capable of setting that scene up to look like someone had taken their life.”
Detective Sergeant Lane said that, to be “brutally honest”, he did not think that the former Longhill pupil was intelligent enough.
And he said that Paige’s body was against the only door to the bedsit, making it unlikely that he would have been able to leave by the door.
The coroner said: “He could have got out through the window.”
such a sad case – rip paige