Salon owner killed after swallowing a shard of GLASS in mustard that was served with her steak

A businesswoman was killed when a piece of glass in mustard she ate with a piece of steak pierced an artery. Fay Wesley, 68, was unable to breathe after her throat started to swell, cutting off her airways when the shard pierced her carotid artery. The last word she said the her husband, Alan, were 'pat me on the back' before she started panicking and tried to run out of their £300,000 home near Upper Bucklebury, Berkshire. However, neighbours, including a retired police officer, laid her down in the couple's hallway to calm her down before paramedics arrived.

She was eating mustard from an undamaged jar that contained another 29 pieces of glass, an inquest heard. It is not known where the glass came from as the substance in the M&S jar labelled English mustard did not match food produced by the shop. Mrs Wesley had planned a night in on March 14 this year, preparing a meal of steak, peas and dumplings for herself and Mr Wesley, who chose to eat French mustard instead. As she ate, Mrs Wesley became 'very unwell very quickly' the inquest was told. Alan, dressed all in black, told the hearing in Newbury, Berkshire: 'She grabbed her throat and said "I’ve got a piece of glass in my mouth" Then she took it out. 'It was about an inch long and a quarter of an inch thick.'

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