It was ‘unexplained, but not suspicious’ that a lady and her teenage daughter were found dead in their burnt-out barbecue-filled home.
On December 29, 2017, Suzan Mahmoud, 42, and her daughter Davina Allen, 17, were discovered dead in their home in Hampshire’s New Forest national park.
The second daughter of Ms. Mahmoud made the horrifying discovery.
An inquest into their deaths opened at Winchester coroner’s court today, where it was heard Ms Mahmoud and Davina’s bodies were found lying in a bedroom surrounded by burned-out barbecues.
All the doors and windows had been closed, and a preliminary cause of death was given as nitrate intoxication.
At the time of the deaths, neighbours described the incident as ‘horrific’ and a young woman was seen outside the home wrapped in a blanket with police.
It’s thought they had only recently moved into the home and renovations were ongoing.
The full inquest into the circumstances of the deaths will take place next year.
Hampshire Constabulary previously described the deaths as ‘unexplained’ but not suspicious.
At the time a spokesman for Hampshire Constabulary said: ‘We were called just after 1.45pm on Thursday December 29 to a report of the bodies of a 17-year-old girl and 42-year-old woman having been found at an address in Shorefield Road, Downton.
‘The deaths are being treated as unexplained, but not suspicious.
‘Their family has been informed and a file will be prepared for the coroner.’