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Nev Ayling & Liam Buckler

Family of 'drunk' grandad who died after stairs fall sues Wetherspoons for £150,000

A family is suing Wetherspoons for more than £150,000 after a drunk grandad died more than two years after falling over a stair rail during a boozy stag do.

Brian McAlister, 74, died on New Year's Day 2018 from the life-changing injuries he had sustained in April 2016 when he fell eight feet from the stairs at Norwich's The Queen of Iceni pub, landing on his head.

Mr McAlister, of Suffolk, was "intoxicated" as he made his way to the toilet when he lost his balance, suffered "catastrophic" injuries and was left confined to a wheelchair - ultimately dying due to the impact of paralysis.

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