Asbestos killed worker

A Northamptonshire man who spent years removing asbestos roofing died after developing a deadly tumour, an inquest heard.

Dennis Millward, of Titty Ho, Raunds, died at the age of 73 after he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, which is associated with asbestos.

His wife June told Kettering Magistrates Court he worked for a time moving asbestos window sills at a block of flats in London. He would also cut and grind asbestos sheets without wearing any protective clothing.

Mr Millward went to the doctor after suffering from weight loss and breathlessness at the start of 2007 and died in Cransley Hospice on July 8, 2007.

Coroner Anne Pember recorded a verdict of death by industrial disease and said: "He was exposed to asbestos when the dangers were not known."It's a horrendous illness for which there's no cure."

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