Kelly-Ann Carter with her son Lucas and partner Andy Hough A devoted
mother, 35, took her own life because she never forgave herself for the
death of her eight-year-old boy in a house fire, an inquest heard
today.
Kelly Carter, 35, from Cheshire, attempted to rescue son Lucas
when when the deadly blaze broke out at their family home - but she was
beaten back by the force of the flames.
Just two weeks later, whilst in a
state of anger at being being unable to save her child whom she called
'her world and her best', Miss Carter drank brandy then hanged herself
at the home of boyfriend Andrew Hough whilst he was asleep in bed.
The hearing was told the fire had
broken out at 7pm on October 29 last year just six months after Miss
Carter and her son described as a 'handsome and kind boy' moved into the
semi detached property in Sandbach.
Firefighters
called to the scene found Miss Carter outside the property with serious
burns and found Lucas upstairs in his bedroom. Both were taken to
Leighton Hospital, Crewe - but the youngster died from his injuries at
5am the following morning.
Miss
Carter was treated for her burns and was later discharged but was said
to be guilt stricken over her son's death. Best friend Sarah Blakey told
the Crewe inquest: 'She didn't want to be here without Lucas.
'She
couldn't forgive herself and didn't want to be here without him. He was
her world, he was her best. To her he was her greatest achievement and
he was an absolute credit, a lovely little boy.'
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