British couple in Egypt ‘died of carbon monoxide poisoning’, inquest hears

John and Susan Cooper were holidaying with family and friends in Egypt in August 2018 and died within 24 hours of falling ill. Photograph: Blue Sky Hotel/Facebook

A British couple who suddenly fell ill at a hotel in Egypt died from carbon monoxide poisoning, a pathologist has told an inquest.

But experts could not be sure of the source of the poisonous gas that killed John Cooper, 69, and his wife, Susan, 63, Blackburn coroner’s court heard on Wednesday.