A husband and wife who were on holiday celebrating their 58th anniversary both died after falling off a steep cliff. Retired couple John and Imogen Kesteven, from Middlesex, were reported missing by staff at the Devon hotel they had been staying in when they did not return after a day exploring the area.
The couple had left the hotel in Lynton, Devon, on August 31 last year to explore the local area after being given a free day in their coach holiday itinerary. An inquest into the pair's deaths at Exeter Coroners Court heard that police were alerted when they failed to return to the hotel and a helicopter search found their bodies at the base of a cliff in Lynmouth on September 2.
A post-mortem confirmed that both Mr Kesteven, 81, and Mrs Kesteven, 80, had died of multiple injuries that were consistent with a fall from height, DevonLive reports. Their injuries would have been "very rapidly fatal", the report found.
