An elderly woman who refused to put her heating on due to"fears of high energy bills" died after suffering from profound hypothermia, an inquest has heard.
Barbara Bolton, 87, ignored the pleas of her family to put the heating on at her terraced house in Bury,Medics found Mrs Bolton had a body temperature of just 28C, compared with the normal 37C.She was taken to Fairfield Hospital in Bury but died of pneumonia brought on by hypothermia on 5 January."It's clear she was fixated on the worry of putting her heating on no matter what anyone was saying to her," senior coroner Joanne Kearsley told Mrs Bolton's son Mark Bolton.
6th richest country in the world.
Sky Tory news, 'refused to put heating on'!
Absolutely heartbreaking. 😔
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Rishisunak. We hear every day what wonderful things you are going to do. Nothing ever happens. This 87 year old lady so worried about the cost of heating who died from hypothermia and day after day you give everything to potential terrorists,criminals and rapists. JUST GO
Shame it wasn't a serving Tory MP really. We need some good news
Where were her friends and family…
It used to be like the Bahamas at my mothers. Now she daren’t put hers on that much and I never thought I’d actually say the words “it’s cold in here” when visiting.
Conservatives Democidal Fascits!
This is absolutely heartbreaking, this government are monsters.
shopinitis Many of us did and this poor lady could not control her body temperature. The Government should be held to account for this murder, just as they should for the pandemic entering care homes.
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Meanwhile
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Why are ministers like BRAVERMAN claiming expenses for their heating bills and our pensioners are dying ?
SophiaCannon Alright for you millionaire MPs Conservatives we pay for YOUR heating bills that you claim for, second homes, heated swimming pools RishiSunak & all the other benefits you scrounge, we're paying for it! You're literally laughing out loud at everyone in UK! Shame on YOU ofgem
This is a sad reminder of the country we now live in. So sad.
Government and whoever her energy supplier was should be up in court for corporate manslaughter
My heart goes out to her, its sad living all your life and dying because of not having an essential thing in life...heating! Not the top car, fancy clothes, ps5 just the basics needed to live. What has our country become? It makes me ashamed to live here!!
RIP.
And whats caused this? Insane green policies and an avoidable war in Ukraine have pushed energy prices through the roof and the most vulnerable pay.
and yet the government will do fuck all to help. O let's give out £300 a year to the elderly and vulnerable, that's going to do fuck all, our heating is double now, from £240 to £500 a month, so how is a poxy £300 a year going to help, do they actually know how we as a nation ar?
Nationalise.
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More social murder in the UK - this time by the energy companies.
She was murdered by capitalist greed
When are member of Parliament gonna get arrested and put in prison for this?!?!?!
Ericdun19416783 It wasn't climatechange that killed her, it was the knee-jerk reaction to some make believe shit that if you give someone all your money, they can control nature. NetZero
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This should be on the front of every media outlet. This is what this country has become under these charlatans.
Bloody Tories.
An absolute f***ing disgrace
RishiSunak 10DowningStreet Thank god you managed to keep the cost of living and heating crisis under control Meaning all those energy cartels could keep profiteering
As long as the hotels are warm.
This is so sad 🤦🤔
It's been a very unpleasant winter for sure.
Probably had £1000s in the bank as well
Tories kill people
Conservatives don’t care.
Braverman will be having orgasms readin this
Disgusting! A society is judged by how they look after old people and animals. Britain has failed the elderly.
GeziWoman Oh well...
I'm speechless, poor lady
How are nadhimzahawi ’s horses doing?
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monisha_rajesh 'Refused'
How sad, should have put it on and worried about the paying it later
Disgusting the blood 🩸 on Tories hands 🤮
Welcome to England 😍
Woman freezes to death due to high energy costs... See how not to blame the old lady?
bewildermoo This makes me so angry. My mum just went into a care home and when I phoned her provider to cancel D/D was astonished to find she was £1500 in credit but still her D/D was increased. How many OAPs are in credit and still afraid to use their energy?
she was 87 something would have got her eventually..
Shocking in this day and age the government need to take full responsibility of causing this elderly lady’s death .Blood on there hands again how much longer are we going to put up with this .
‘Great’ Britain 2023
The prices were artificially high. Makes this corporate man slaughter.
Watch GB News for a balanced opinion on UK politics. None of this bias Sky / BBC /Guardian crap !!!
Why is this news for you now. You and other media outlets have enabled this to happen unchecked and without any probing when given the opportunities..
Another death added to the fault of the Tories.
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Media scared her to death?
So sad. Conservatives RishiSunak what do you have to say in defence of this?
We need to revolt. Vile government
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Rishi Sunak should hand his head in shame.
At her age she would have got a £600 winter fuel payment as well as the regular payments of £67. Energy prices need to be brought back into line.
Meanwhile, the PM is avoiding tax and upgrading the grid to ensure that his swimming pool is heated. What a country.
Media and the left making people afraid by misinformation
BBCNews Channel4News itvnews You have blood on your hands this Rishi Sunak & his govt. Instead they're bleating about migrant boats & racially profiling communities. If there is ever a place called hell, every 1 of you will burn in it!! When did we become a heartless society?
Heartbreaking at every level. ALL MPs should have to pay their own utility bills and zero expenses... Very simple solution. Let's make that happen.
This is blood on the hands of you Conservatives
Make the government and gas companies accountable for manslaughter
Excellent job you're all doing Conservatives, RishiSunak, SuellaBraverman, Jeremy_Hunt, theresecoffey, SteveBarclay, michaelgove. Did I miss anyone?
What kind of country do we live in .
There's something not right about this story when her family keep dissing her after she's died, she's stubborn she wouldn't listen. She's not here to defend herself. Seen it all before they call instead of visiting or visit once a week if they're lucky
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