Inquest: Fly hook may have triggered fisherman’s seizure

A fly hook, discovered at an autopsy embedded in the skin of a salmon fisherman’s back, may have triggered an epileptic seizure, an inquest was told yesterday.

Tamas Nemeth, consultant pathologist at Mayo University Hospital, suggested that the pain may have triggered the seizure, causing John Newcombe, 52, to fall into the River Moy at Foxford which he fished regularly.