Deaf and blind man, 63, hanged himself in grief yards from the body of his wife after she died from a heart attack

A deaf and blind man hanged himself in grief after his wife died of a sudden heart attack, a coroner has decided. Stewart Timms, 63, and his wife Valerie, 68, who was deaf and dumb, had been a loving and devoted couple who dedicated themselves to helping each other with their disabilities. But after Mrs Timms died in the bedroom of their home in Andoversford in Gloucestershire - her husband hanged himself a few feet away, deputy Gloucestershire coroner David Dooley concluded.

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