A hotel room where a couple stayed before suddenly failing ill and dying was next door to a room fumigated with chemicals to kill bed bugs just hours before, an inquest has heard.
John Cooper, 69 and Susan Cooper, 63, from Burnley, died suddenly while on a Thomas Cook holiday in Egypt on 21 August 2018.
They had been staying at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada with their daughter Kelly Ormerod and their three grandchildren.
On the first day of the two day inquest into their deaths, a German tourist told the court he reported a bed bug infestation in the room next door to the Coopers.
It was then treated with pesticide around lunchtime, with the Coopers falling ill in the early hours and dying the next day. The rooms had an adjoining door, but it was kept locked.
Giving evidence at the inquest at Blackburn Coroner’s Court, Kelly described her parents as "energetic" and "healthy" and all loving their holiday in Egypt before they were suddenly struck down with illness.
John, 69, died in the hotel room while his wife Susan passed away in the ambulance on the way to hospital.
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