Tragic West Chiltington couple 'let down by system' inquest told

Mr Goswell (66) was found badly injured in a wrecked Smart car in Monkmead Lane, West Chiltington, late at night on December 23 last year. An inquest, opened in Chichester yesterday, heard that he died at Worthing Hospital, shortly after midnight.

DCI Adam Hibbert told the inquest that when police went to the family home in nearby Silverwood, they found Mrs Goswell(63) dead in the living room. She had been stabbed and hit with a blunt object.

Mr Goswell had a history of psychiatric problems, and the inquest was told that he had made threats to kill his wife. He was sectioned under the Mental Health Act in November, 2007, after trying to take his own life.

For full story see West Sussex Gazette October 15