Father shot dead his daughter, 31, before killing himself because he feared they could not cope after her mother drowned

A father shot his daughter before taking his own life because he feared they could not cope with the death of her mother, an inquest has heard. Pauline Barker, 56, was found drowned in the River Trent near Colwick, Nottingham, on April 15 2012. An inquest into the three deaths, held in Nottingham, heard her former partner Archie McKelvie, 64, believed neither he nor their daughter Corrin Barker, 31, could cope with the loss. Concluding the hearing today, Nottinghamshire coroner Mairin Casey told the inquest: 'Archie formed the view that he could not cope or carry on alone. He worried that Corrin would not cope with the news of her mother’s death.

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