Woman died of heart attack as she hung out washing

A WOMAN found dead in her back garden by a son, possibly fell and suffered a heart attack while she hung out her washing, an inquest heard yesterday.

Stephen Wills called to his 75-year-old mother Hannah mother’s home at Cathedral Road in Cork city at around 9pm on December 8 last year, when he discovered she had not kept an appointment with a friend.

Mr Wills became concerned when there was no answer so he climbed over the back wall and saw her lying on the ground outside the back door.