Window cleaner killed himself with giant pencil (From The Argus)
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Window cleaner killed himself with giant pencil
10:27am Tuesday 9th March 2010 in
A window cleaner died after repeatedly stabbing himself in the leg with a giant pencil.
Jeffrey Burton's body was found in a blood soaked room at his home in St Leonards with a gash to his upper right thigh and an oversized souvenir pencil covered in blood next to his ankle.
The 57-year-old, who ran his own window-cleaning business, died from loss of blood.
But last night it remained a mystery how Mr Burton had died - with a coroner admitting he was baffled as to what had happened.
An inquest at Hastings was told Mr Burton, of De Cham Road, had no history of suicide attempts and was looking forward to going on holiday.
His calendar for the next month was filled with routine appointments and arrangements to meet friends.
Mr Burton's sister, Patricia Goodsell, told the inquest the jumbo pencil had belonged to their mother, who died in 2008, and that her brother had used it in yoga-like exercises.
The victim’s only history of mental illness was a psychotic episode in 2006, when Mr Burton heard voices after returning from a holiday in Spain, and was admitted to the now-closed Woodlands mental health unit.
With no suicide note, his death on September 27 remains a mystery to family and friends.
Mr Craze recorded an open verdict saying there was no evidence he was trying to commit suicide.
Comments(11)
Safeway
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4:27pm Tue 9 Mar 10
This article starts by saying the man killed himself, and died from loss of blood.
It goes on to say how he died is a mystery, and there was no evidence of suicide.
yorkie44
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4:38pm Tue 9 Mar 10
bosshog
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6:06pm Tue 9 Mar 10
jamus77
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6:32pm Tue 9 Mar 10
Here lies the story....
dcsussex
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6:44pm Tue 9 Mar 10
its-content argus.
the newspaper stands billboards "man kills himself with giant pencil" are degrading to his family and should not have been used in this "daily sport" kind of garbage.
if you are going to go down this trashy headline route argus, expect more people to stop buying the paper!
another village idiot
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8:11pm Tue 9 Mar 10
lorj
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10:18pm Tue 9 Mar 10
dcsussex wrote:And yet you still read the articles online...
disgusting - this is why i stopped buying the well-overpriced-for-
its-content argus.
the newspaper stands billboards "man kills himself with giant pencil" are degrading to his family and should not have been used in this "daily sport" kind of garbage.
if you are going to go down this trashy headline route argus, expect more people to stop buying the paper!
Harry Redknapp
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11:28pm Tue 9 Mar 10
lorj wrote:Accurate headline for the news story, usual whiners moaning, yawn...
dcsussex wrote:And yet you still read the articles online...
disgusting - this is why i stopped buying the well-overpriced-for-
its-content argus.
the newspaper stands billboards "man kills himself with giant pencil" are degrading to his family and should not have been used in this "daily sport" kind of garbage.
if you are going to go down this trashy headline route argus, expect more people to stop buying the paper!
Darth Formby
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12:42pm Wed 10 Mar 10
dcsussex wrote:Absolutely right!
disgusting - this is why i stopped buying the well-overpriced-for-
its-content argus.
the newspaper stands billboards "man kills himself with giant pencil" are degrading to his family and should not have been used in this "daily sport" kind of garbage.
if you are going to go down this trashy headline route argus, expect more people to stop buying the paper!
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I too thought this was some kind of joke when I saw the headline. Shamefull exploitation!
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Best wishes and sympathy to family and friends.
dcsussex
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7:46pm Wed 10 Mar 10
lorj wrote:yeah, i do!
dcsussex wrote: disgusting - this is why i stopped buying the well-overpriced-for- its-content argus. the newspaper stands billboards "man kills himself with giant pencil" are degrading to his family and should not have been used in this "daily sport" kind of garbage. if you are going to go down this trashy headline route argus, expect more people to stop buying the paper!And yet you still read the articles online...
my point being 40p wasted on a paper that isnt worth it for its content.
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