Overview
- A 41-year-old woman, identified at the inquest as Rachel Anne Gwilliam, was taken by air ambulance to Derriford Hospital and died on July 21 from a traumatic brain injury sustained in the fall.
- Senior Devon coroner Philip Spinney held a short public hearing to open the inquest and then adjourned it with a full hearing to be scheduled for further fact-finding.
- Coverage at the inquest confirmed Gwilliam’s background as born in Reading, living in Billingshurst, married and employed as an accountant.
- Rescue teams that attended the scene included a land ambulance, two air ambulances, an operations officer, HM Coastguard crews from Mullion and Porthoustock, an RNLI lifeboat from Lizard and a Newquay search-and-rescue helicopter.
- Reports conflict on the exact date of the fall and that discrepancy remains unresolved in published accounts pending the coroner’s fuller investigation, which should clarify timing and circumstances.