Tragedy as brother, 33, and sister, 26, both found dead on same morning
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA woman has recalled the heartbreaking moment she discovered her sister and brother were no longer breathing after falling asleep at her flat.
Speaking at an inquest into their deaths at Bolton Coroner's Court on Monday (January 8) Jade Couperthwaite became emotional as she described waking up on September 6, last year to find her sister Carla Couperthwaite, 26, unresponsive next to her on the sofa at the flat they shared in Bolton.
She shouted for her brother Stephen Fisher, 33, in the bedroom next door but got no response. Jade told the inquest she called an ambulance and began performing CPR on her sister.
Paramedics arrived at the flat shortly afterwards and found that Carla was sadly beyond resuscitation. They then went to check on Stephen and found he had also tragically died. READ MORE: Dad who wasn't qualified died while working on 'the wrong' lift in a hospital, inquest hears READ MORE: They saw him in a stolen car driving twice the limit … before he turned his headlights out Recalling that day, Jade began crying as she said: “I thought this can’t be real that they’re not breathing.
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