Overview

• The Chief State Pathologist told the inquest that toxicological analysis showed both Tony and Phyllis Gilbert died from poisoning, with no marks of injury.
• Gardaí, alerted by a family member, entered the Kenmare bungalow and found the couple in separate beds with no signs of a struggle.
• A note pinned to the front door read, "All going to plan we should be dead," and indicated a key had been left for entry.
• A tape recorder inside the home held messages in which Tony Gilbert said they had been "together in life" and planned to be "together in sleep."
• Days before their deaths, the pair signed witnessed wills, as relatives and testimony described Phyllis’s stage four pancreatic cancer and Tony’s role as her carer.