A woman celebrating her graduation died in tragic cliff fall after night out. Megan Thornton, 23, had returned to a property at Widemouth Bay, near Bude in Cornwall, when she fell on July 31, 2022.
An inquest held into Megan's death on Tuesday (February 21), in Truro, heard that the assistant marketing manager, who lived in Bude, had returned to the property in the early hours. She was with Charlie Pengilly, who she had met on the night out, and he was staying at the family-owned property for the weekend with 15 other family members, Cornwall Live reports.
The cottage, which is hundreds of years old, is between 30 and 40 feet from the cliffside and is not fenced off due to cliff erosion. There are solar lights indicating the cliff's edge but, giving evidence, Mr Pengilly could not be sure they were on - saying the cottage was in near-darkness when Megan fell.
