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| Inquiry call into couple's death | Inquiry call into couple's death |
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| An elderly couple have been found dead in their own home despite the efforts of a Northampton MP to get them help. | An elderly couple have been found dead in their own home despite the efforts of a Northampton MP to get them help. |
| The bodies of Jean and Derek Randall, in their 70s, were found by police in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, on Thursday. | The bodies of Jean and Derek Randall, in their 70s, were found by police in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, on Thursday. |
| Sally Keeble, Northampton North MP, had been trying since before Christmas to get social services to visit the couple and now wants a multi-agency inquiry. | |
| Robin Brown, chair of Northamptonshire health and adult care committee, agrees and is to question council officers. | |
| Ms Keeble said the work her office carried out on behalf of the couple to get an official assessment of their condition has been wasted in a tragic way. | Ms Keeble said the work her office carried out on behalf of the couple to get an official assessment of their condition has been wasted in a tragic way. |
| I could tell recently Mr Randall was getting worse. He couldn't cope, he was asking for help Heather Footitt, neighbour | I could tell recently Mr Randall was getting worse. He couldn't cope, he was asking for help Heather Footitt, neighbour |
| "I am deeply shocked and quite outraged that six weeks of phone calls and effort on their behalf to get Northamptonshire social services to carry out an assessment of their condition has ended in such a tragic way. | "I am deeply shocked and quite outraged that six weeks of phone calls and effort on their behalf to get Northamptonshire social services to carry out an assessment of their condition has ended in such a tragic way. |
| "I am now going to call for a multi-agency inquiry into the case to find out what happened." | "I am now going to call for a multi-agency inquiry into the case to find out what happened." |
| Mr Brown said he was to hold an urgent meeting with the chief officer of the health and adult care department. | Mr Brown said he was to hold an urgent meeting with the chief officer of the health and adult care department. |
| "We need to understand what happened, who was involved and if it could happen again," he said. | "We need to understand what happened, who was involved and if it could happen again," he said. |
| "We also need to assess the engagement of the local community in the work we are doing in that part of Northampton. | "We also need to assess the engagement of the local community in the work we are doing in that part of Northampton. |
| "I expect a cross-agency inquiry to be carried out," he said. | "I expect a cross-agency inquiry to be carried out," he said. |
| Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths of the couple and they were preparing a file for the coroner. | Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths of the couple and they were preparing a file for the coroner. |
| Neighbour Heather Footitt, 73, said she had known Mrs Randall, who was in a wheelchair, and her husband, who was her full-time carer, for about 20 years. | Neighbour Heather Footitt, 73, said she had known Mrs Randall, who was in a wheelchair, and her husband, who was her full-time carer, for about 20 years. |
| Door knocked down | Door knocked down |
| She regularly cooked meals and did shopping for them but said Mr Randall would never let anyone go in the house. | She regularly cooked meals and did shopping for them but said Mr Randall would never let anyone go in the house. |
| "I would just take the meals to the door, then he would take them from me. | "I would just take the meals to the door, then he would take them from me. |
| "But I could tell recently Mr Randall was getting worse. He couldn't cope, he was asking for help. | "But I could tell recently Mr Randall was getting worse. He couldn't cope, he was asking for help. |
| "He said he had enough money to pay for Jean to go into a home but said he couldn't get her in one." | "He said he had enough money to pay for Jean to go into a home but said he couldn't get her in one." |
| On Thursday, after the couple failed to answer the door to a nurse who came to give Mrs Randall an injection, the police were called. | On Thursday, after the couple failed to answer the door to a nurse who came to give Mrs Randall an injection, the police were called. |
| When they knocked the door down they found the couple, both dead. | When they knocked the door down they found the couple, both dead. |
| It emerged that a light neighbours had seen coming on periodically was most likely on a timer switch. | It emerged that a light neighbours had seen coming on periodically was most likely on a timer switch. |