AN ELDERLY woman took her own life by jumping off a bridge in a Thame nature reserve.
Sheila McNicholas, of Windmill Road, Thame, was found dead on Wednesday, July 18, by a member of the public at the Cuttle Brook nature reserve.
The 73-year-old widow had been suffering from insomnia and depression, an inquest in Oxford heard.
Her body was discovered beneath a bridge near the Phoenix Trail at around 6.20am.
In a statement read out at the inquest, her son Howard McNicholas said: “It was a huge shock to me and the rest of the family. None of us saw it coming.”
Oxford Coroner Darren Salter recorded that Mrs McNicholas took her own life.
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