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Mathilde and Roger Lamb inquests: Couple fell to deaths in Morocco Mathilde and Roger Lamb inquests: Couple fell to deaths in Morocco
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A couple from Worcestershire fell to their deaths in separate incidents a few days apart while on holiday in Morocco, an inquest has heard.A couple from Worcestershire fell to their deaths in separate incidents a few days apart while on holiday in Morocco, an inquest has heard.
It is thought Mathilde Lamb, 43, fell 60ft (18m) from her apartment as she remonstrated with revellers celebrating Ramadan in the street below.It is thought Mathilde Lamb, 43, fell 60ft (18m) from her apartment as she remonstrated with revellers celebrating Ramadan in the street below.
Her husband Roger, 46, is believed to have killed himself by jumping from a balcony on 22 August last year. Her husband Roger, 47, is believed to have killed himself by jumping from a balcony on 22 August last year.
The couple's deaths in the resort of Essaouira left their children orphans.The couple's deaths in the resort of Essaouira left their children orphans.
Marriage on 'knife-edge'
The inquest, at Trowbridge civic hall in Wiltshire, heard the couple, from Pensham, both died from their injuries in hospital.The inquest, at Trowbridge civic hall in Wiltshire, heard the couple, from Pensham, both died from their injuries in hospital.
The hearing was told that shortly after his wife's death on 17 August, Mr Lamb had been stopped by locals from wading into the sea carrying a backpack full of rocks. Their marriage had been "on a knife-edge" and they were concerned with financial problems in the months before the holiday, the court heard.
The hearing was told that shortly after his wife's death on 17 August, Mr Lamb, a geotechnical civil engineer, had been stopped by locals from wading into the sea carrying a backpack full of rocks.
The court heard the couple's children, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, were said to have been waiting to meet their father after breakfast a few days later.
It was then that they discovered he had fallen from a second-floor balcony at their new accommodation, a few streets away from where Mrs Lamb fell.