Woman died from asbestos-related disease 60 years after working at plumbing firm - coroner
A Shrewsbury woman died of a lung disease caused by asbestos, a coroner has concluded.
Collette Jennifer Breeze, nee Taylor, aged 76, of Ingleby Way, worked in the office of her father's plumbing business for 12 months when she was 16, an inquest was told.
But she did not stay with the business, as Shropshire senior coroner John Ellery was told that she was a retired classroom assistant when she died on November 16, 2023.
Mr Ellery, sitting at the Coroner's Court, at Shirehall, in Shrewsbury, on Thursday , heard she had become ill and was found to have malignant mesothelioma.
She was placed into palliative care and died at home, the inquest was told.
The coroner concluded that Mrs Breeze died of an industrial disease.
