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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Daily Mail
British father, 32, plunged to his death in Turkey hours after he was escorted off plane following drunken row with his partner, inquest hears
A British father plunged to his death just hours after he was escorted off a plane in Turkey after getting in a drunken fight with his partner, an inquest has heard. Ben Crook, 32, was reported missing after he flew out to Antalya to celebrate his 32nd birthday with his partner Jess Jenkins and her two children on September 23. He began drinking after setting off from his home in Abertridwr, Caerphilly county, and continued to do so inside Bristol Airport and onboard the plane. Having also taken cocaine, he behaved erratically on the flight by shouting at a male air steward when they refused to serve him more alcohol on the plane. A drunken row with his partner then followed and he smashed both their phones which led him to being escorted off the plane when it landed in Turkey, the inquest at Gwent Coroner's Court heard. His partner Jess Jenkins was advised to go to their family hotel with her two children and wait for Ben, but he never arrived. The inquest heard Ben messaged his father to ask for the name of the hotel they were staying in. However, the message was never received as it went to his spam folder. He was discovered on Cumhuriyet Street (pictured) in the Selçuk area of Antalya - less than a mile from the hotel where the family were staying Ben was last seen Kaleiçi, the old town district of Antalya, before he disappeared 'looking shaken and hungover'. He was discovered the following day on Cumhuriyet Street in the Selçuk area - less than a mile from the hotel where the family were staying. After raising the alarm over his disappearance, Jess received a message from a woman who had seen Ben near Kaleici Harbour. The woman wrote: 'He said he smashed up his phone and had brought a new one but it was not ringing for some reason. He used my phone to send a message to his friend and we gave him our number if he needed more help. 'He looked shaken and hungover. After the Facebook message and ringing his friend, he crossed the harbour and walked, we presumed, to the police station for help.' Ben was found laying on rocky ground at the bottom of a tall building and died at Antalya Training and Research Hospital at 2.15am on September 25. His father had flown to Turkey after learning of his son's disappearance only to be told of his death on arrival A post mortem examination carried out at the Antalya Forensic Institute on September 24 revealed Ben had suffered external injuries and lacerations which were in keeping with a fall. Ben's body was repatriated to the UK where a second post mortem was carried out and gave his medical cause of death as fractured skull and pelvis caused by blunt trauma as a result of a fall. A toxicology report revealed the presence of cocaine, alcohol, ketamine and cocaethylene in Ben's blood, with the ketamine likely administered during his treatment. Dr Rashid recorded the medical cause of death as fractured skull and pelvis caused by blunt trauma as a result of a fall. The hearing heard he may have fallen while smoking. In a statement read out to the court by senior coroner Caroline Saunders, Jess said Ben had started drinking alcohol before they arrived at the airport and bought duty free alcohol at the airport which they planned to drink at their hotel. The flight was delayed so the couple began drinking the duty free alcohol. Jess said her partner was a 'nervous flier' but they were 'chatting and joking' before take off. Ben's sister Amy said her brother had had issues with drugs and alcohol and his consumption had increased in the months before his death. She said her brother also suffered with his mental health, which was impacted by his drug and alcohol use, but Jess said there was nothing to suggest he would take his own life and leave his two children without a father. Delivering her conclusion, Ms Saunders said: '(Alcohol and drugs) may have caused disorientation and poor judgement but this is insufficient to determine he fell as a result of the drugs he had taken. 'I find the fall was an accident, the exact details of which are unknown... 'On September 24, 2024, Ben Crook fell from height whilst on holiday in Turkey and sustained severe head and pelvic injuries and died on September 25, 2024. The conclusion I reach is that of an accident.'
The Sun
3 days ago
- The Sun
Brit dad, 32, found dead hours after being escorted off flight & separated from family on Turkey hols
A BRIT dad was found dead from a fall in Turkey just hours after being escorted off a plane for being drunk. Builder Ben Crook from Caerphilly, South Wales had been in Antalya with his partner and two kids to celebrate his 32nd birthday. 4 4 4 Crook, who was a nervous flyer, had been drinking on the way to Bristol Airport and had taken cocaine. When their flight was delayed, he drank even more alcohol at the airport. But once they were on the plane, Crook began behaving erratically, an inquest heard. He shouted at an air steward who refused to serve him more alcohol and had a row with his partner in which he smashed both their phones. Crook was escorted off the flight and separated from his family upon landing in Turkey. His partner Jess Jenkins was advised to take their kids to the hotel and wait for his arrival. But Ben never made it to the hotel, the inquest at Gwent Coroner's Court heard. He was last seen in Kaleiçi, Antalya's old town district, and was found the next day in the Selçuk area. After she raised the alarm over Ben's disappearance, Jess received a message from a woman who had spotted him. It read: "He said he smashed up his phone and had brought a new one but it was not ringing for some reason. "He used my phone to send a message to his friend and we gave him our number if he needed more help. "He looked shaken and hungover. "After the Facebook message and ringing his friend, he crossed the harbour and walked, we presumed, to the police station for help." Ben was discovered lying on rocky ground at the bottom of a tall building. He died at Antalya Training and Research Hospital at 2.15am on September 25. Ben's dad flew out to Turkey upon hearing his son was missing, but found out the tragic news upon his arrival. He had been messaged by Ben to ask for the name of the hotel they were staying at on Facebook Messenger, but it had ended up in the spam folder. A post mortem examination conducted in Turkey found that Ben died with injuries in keeping with a fall. A further examination in the UK determined his cause of head was a fractured skull and pelvis caused by blunt trauma from the fall. The court heard that he may have fallen while he was smoking. Gwent coroner Caroline Saunders said that drugs and alcohol "may have caused disorientation and poor judgement". But she added "this is insufficient to determine he fell as a result of the drugs he had taken." She said: "I find the fall was an accident, the exact details of which are unknown. "On September 24, 2024, Ben Crook fell from height whilst on holiday in Turkey and sustained severe head and pelvic injuries and died on September 25, 2024. "The conclusion I reach is that of an accident." 4
BBC News
3 days ago
- BBC News
Caerphilly man Ben Crook accidentally fell to his death
A man fell to his death hours after being escorted off a plane in Turkey after getting into a row with flight staff over wanting more alcohol, an inquest has Crook, 32, arrived in Antalya, Turkey, on 24 September to celebrate his birthday but got separated from his partner and her children after the Coroner's Court heard he smashed his and his partner's phones during the confrontation, so could not reach her to find out where they were staying for their died a few hours later after a fall "from a height" and coroner Caroline Saunders concluded there was "no evidence of third party involvement or that he jumped" and that his death was an accident. A post-mortem examination carried out in Newport concluded Mr Cook's cause of death was a fractured skull and pelvis caused by blunt trauma, that was a court heard that window fitter Mr Crook was a nervous flyer and started drinking before he left his house in Abertridwr, Caerphilly county on 23 September 2024. He was also buying alcohol in the duty free area of the airport. Evidence from Mr Crook's partner Jess Jenkins said he "became a little difficult" as the flight went on and started "shouting at a male steward demanding he obtain more alcohol".He ended up breaking both their phones and was escorted off the plane when they court heard he tried to contact Ms Jenkins and his father while in Turkey after borrowing a phone from a couple he met, but those messages were not seen until after his couple were later tracked down by Mr Crook's family who said he was "pretty shaky and possibly hungover" and they last saw him walking off across the Saunders said it was then "unclear where Ben went or why" but at about 18:30, he suffered a fall on Cumhuriyet Street in Antalya and was seen by "unidentified witness who said this was an accident". The court heard the witnesses had said people thought it was a "freak accident" as he was smoking and he fell and there was some question about him being drunk or dizzy. Mr Crook died in the early hours of 25 September after being taken to a hospital in AntalyaEvidence from Mr Crook's sister, Amy Crook, said her brother's drug and alcohol consumption had increased in the last six months of his life and he had suffered with mental health problems since he was a she said the family did not believe he would have taken his own life, "leaving behind his two children who he adored". Toxicology tests found alcohol, cocaine, cocaethylene and ketamine in Mr Crook's blood but the coroner concluded the ketamine was likely administered by paramedics as they tried to resuscitate him.
