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Woman attacked medics trying to save boyfriend
10:37am Thursday 9th August 2012 in Health
By Jon Reeve, Education Reporter
Woman attacked medics trying to save boyfriend
PARAMEDICS battling to save the life of a Southampton man were forced to barricade themselves in a room when they were attacked by his girlfriend, an inquest heard.
Southampton coroner Keith Wiseman labelled the actions of Kerry Dowling and others who were fighting in the home of James Haines as “absolutely disgraceful”.
Worried ambulance staff had to urgently call for police help after coming under attack at the house in Sedburgh Road, Millbrook , on January 28.
Concerned neighbours had phoned 999 when 49-year-old Mr Haines fell ill during a poker evening with friends.
The court heard regular drink and drug-fuelled card games were a virtually nightly part of his “unusual lifestyle”.
But when ambulance workers attended to help treat Mr Haines, who family members described as a “heavy drinker”, they were soon attacked by his girlfriend, who was described as being “extremely volatile” and “up and down” on the night.
Police officers had to keep her outside as medics tried to keep Mr Haines alive.
He was eventually taken to Southampton General Hospital , but died shortly after midnight.
Post-mortem results showed he did not have high levels of alcohol or any drugs in his system, and had actually been killed by a heart condition.
Recording a verdict of death from natural causes, Mr Wiseman said he was horrified by the way paramedics had been treated.
He said: “Certain aspects of this case are quite extraordinary.
“When the emergency services were called they were pretty much assaulted by this young lady who was a recent girlfriend, and there appeared to be a significant number of others of those present who were fighting.
“There’s no indication of what they were fighting about, or why on earth they were seeking to impede the ambulance staff from treating Mr Haines.
“I would be doing (the paramedics) a disservice if I didn’t say that the behaviour they were faced with was quite disgraceful, and I’m very sorry at what they had to put up with in simply going about their duty in trying to save this man’s life.
“Everyone involved in this case assumed that alcohol would have been involved in what occurred, but toxicology showed that was not the case and he died in the end at the age of 49 of a heart condition.”
Comments(21)
bemused26
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12:06pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Here, There
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12:21pm Thu 9 Aug 12
rich the stitch wrote:You could replace the word Millbrook in your sentance with any number of areas in Southampton let alone Nationwide...its not the area its the culture of zero respect which is the problem.
aahhh, good old Millbrook.
rich the stitch
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12:49pm Thu 9 Aug 12
townieboy
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1:10pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Here, There
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1:49pm Thu 9 Aug 12
MisterGrimsdale
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1:56pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Shoong
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1:59pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Here, There
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2:10pm Thu 9 Aug 12
rudolph_hucker
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3:41pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Block41row0sfc
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3:45pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Block41row0sfc
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3:47pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Here, There wrote:At least it's not Pompey all named are far better than there peado riddled campsites
What about Coxford, Lordshill, Aldermoor, Shirley, Mandela Way, Swaythling, Bevois Valley, Sholing, Thornhill, Woolston, Weston etc.... all have an equal element of Pond Life...where do you stop Shoong simply burn Southampton to the ground ? where do you reside Shoong and is it crime free with ALL residents decent respectable people ??
Shoong
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3:54pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Here, There wrote:Yes, I wasn't being all that serious of course, still, an absolute dung hole filled with the dregs of society.
What about Coxford, Lordshill, Aldermoor, Shirley, Mandela Way, Swaythling, Bevois Valley, Sholing, Thornhill, Woolston, Weston etc.... all have an equal element of Pond Life...where do you stop Shoong simply burn Southampton to the ground ? where do you reside Shoong and is it crime free with ALL residents decent respectable people ??
SotonGreen
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6:50pm Thu 9 Aug 12
chrissy35
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7:29pm Thu 9 Aug 12
TheJoiners
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9:57pm Thu 9 Aug 12
chrissy35 wrote:Well said Chrissy, some people really shouldnt throw stones
People are so quick to judge. Ive lived in millbrook all my life and like alot of other people here i have a nice home and i work. You can have idiots in all areas. i Spose ur all so perfect. And as for jamie, he was one of my best friends. yea he liked a drink sometimes but he wasnt an alchy or anything and he didnt do drugs, he was a good man and brought his 5 children up on his own. Kerry did kick off a bit that nite but her bf was dying ,she was very scared and not in her right mind and all the others were friends so they were not fighting eachother at all. Dont believe everything you read cos half of its made up. R.I.P Jamie x
RIP fella
bigal007
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6:44am Fri 10 Aug 12
MisterGrimsdale wrote:what millbrock needs is to get the chavs out
What Millbrook needs is a focal point. some sort of giant new structure to inject some new pride into the community. Something visible for miles around that says "This is Millbrook". I've got it- how about a 100MW wood fuelled power station?
bigal007
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6:48am Fri 10 Aug 12
Here, There wrote:i have to say thornhill is very posh now may i add i live in the posh part lol!!
What about Coxford, Lordshill, Aldermoor, Shirley, Mandela Way, Swaythling, Bevois Valley, Sholing, Thornhill, Woolston, Weston etc.... all have an equal element of Pond Life...where do you stop Shoong simply burn Southampton to the ground ? where do you reside Shoong and is it crime free with ALL residents decent respectable people ??
bigfella777
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11:34am Fri 10 Aug 12
bigal007 wrote:What this country needs is national service.Why do they have to make cuts to the army when we have all these young people just laying about.
MisterGrimsdale wrote:what millbrock needs is to get the chavs out
What Millbrook needs is a focal point. some sort of giant new structure to inject some new pride into the community. Something visible for miles around that says "This is Millbrook". I've got it- how about a 100MW wood fuelled power station?
If you leave school and dont go to college you should have to do your national service,if anything it would teach them some morals.
mtdiablo
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12:56pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Lsheen
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11:17am Tue 14 Aug 12
rich the stitch says...
12:02pm Thu 9 Aug 12