Couple discovered dead in paddling pool with hosepipe running hot water
St Helens.Coroner Julie Goulding was today told how Merseyside Police received a call at about on May 8 from a member of the public who said they could see the body of a man lying in a paddling pool.Once officers arrived, they discovered two bodies in the pool - mum-of-three Ms Slater and partner Mr Bentham, coroner’s officer Clair Sajewicz said.A running hosepipe was in the paddling pool which was connected to the hot water tap in the kitchen, the Bootle Town Hall hearing into Ms Slater’s death was told.Police immediately declared the deaths as unexplained but not suspicious, the Liverpool Echo reports.In a pathologist’s report, it was found the paddling pool was full to the top with water, and both bodies were “largely submerged.”Ms