Overview

• Area Coroner Johanna Thompson concluded at Norfolk Coroner’s Court on July 23 that Baxter’s death was accidental.
• Blood cultures detected pasteurella multocida in her bloodstream, pointing to infection from canine saliva.
• On June 29 Baxter fell at her Attleborough home and used a community call bell to summon her granddaughter.
• She was admitted to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on July 1 but died of septic shock on July 7 despite treatment.
• Her daughter Clare Wootten agreed with the coroner’s findings and noted Baxter’s existing frailty and history of sepsis.