Inquest is to be held into death (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

Inquest is to be held into death

AN INQUEST has been opened into the death of Paul McGuire. The married 33-year-old, from Greatfield, near Hook, died after apparently falling into a recycling machine.

The accident happened last Tuesday at a recycling centre in Cricklade.

His distraught widow, Sophie, 26, wants to know how the accident happened.

Last week she told the Advertiser: "Paul was more than experienced with regard to waste and recycling and there is no way he would put himself at risk. I have to find out how my husband lost his life."

The couple married at Swindon Register Office last November and were planning to start a family.

Paul, originally from Calne, was in the Army for ten years, serving in Kosovo and Northern Ireland. He had been working at the site for three months.

Nicola Dowlen, a spokeswoman for Sita UK, which owns the firm, confirmed an investigation is underway. The Health and Safety Executive has also been called in. At a brief hearing on Friday, Wiltshire coroner David Masters confirmed Mr McGuire's details.

The full inquest will take place at a later date.