Found Stepfather Fatally Gassed: A stepson stated yesterday at the inquest on George William Pinsent, a widower, aged 54, of Birstall-street, Leicester, that he had been depressed since the outbreak of war because he could not go out during the black-out. A verdict of suicide while the balance of his mind was disturbed was returned. The witness said that on calling at his stepfather’s house he saw him lying fully dressed with an overcoat on with his head in a gas oven. His only income was 17s. a week, out of which he had to pay 9s. for rent.
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GRO0358 Tiverton: George William Pinsent: 1885 – 1939