A family has been left heartbroken after a grieving father died just hours after his daughter's funeral. The father of tragic carer Katie Davenport had an epileptic fit the night of her funeral and passed away, an inquest into Katie's death heard on March 8.
Katie, described by her sister Lianne Clegg as "the most beautiful, funniest girl with the most infectious laugh", died 13 days after jumping from a fire escape at a club in Southport, Merseyside, on September 4. The Liverpool Echo reports Katie, 23, had been placed on the fire escape at around 2am by a door supervisor at Hey Amigos nightclub after getting into an "altercation" while on a night out with work colleagues.
But when the door supervisor turned around to check if Katie and her friend had left, he could only watch as she jumped from the balcony, an inquest into her death heard. Katie suffered traumatic brain injuries and had to have brain surgery at neurology hospital The Walton Centre, but she died 13 days after the incident with her boyfriend Niall by her side.
