Questions remain over death pulled from Yorkshire canal
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Oct, 05:02 · Archive
The daughter of Shaun Barton, 60, whose body was found in Ripon Canal, says questions remain over the circumstances.
Shaun Barton, 60, from Ripon, was found dead in Ripon Canal on 13 September. He had left Ripon Bowling Club with friends at 11pm on 12 September and subsequently phoned them to say he was lost. When friends could not find him, they assumed he had gone home. The next morning, one friend checked his home and could not locate him, before being told by police that a body had been recovered from the canal.
Barton's body was found in the water with his mobility scooter on a nearby grass verge. His daughter, Gemma Cox, said the circumstances surrounding his death remain unknown and described the incident as being out of character for her father. She said Barton was a father of three and grandfather of six who had relied on walking aids and a wheelchair following a serious back injury sustained in a motorbike crash about seven years earlier.
An inquest into Barton's death is opening on 30 October. Gemma Cox has said she has several concerns that she hopes the coroner will address, including examining the timeline of events leading to her father's death. She has also suggested that post-mortem and toxicology tests may help provide answers to the family's questions.
How it is being reported
- Questions remain over death of man whose body was pulled from Yorkshire canalThe daughter of a man whose body was pulled from Ripon Canal has said questions remain over his death.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 23 Oct, 04:00
- Questions remain over death of man whose body was pulled from Yorkshire canalThe daughter of a man whose body was pulled from Ripon Canal has said questions remain over his death.York Press · 23 Oct, 04:00
In this story: Shaun Barton · Gemma Cox · Ripon Canal · Ripon · North Yorkshire
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