The grief-stricken wife of a well-known businessman who tragically died after being trapped by his own Range Rover has recounted the In a heart-wrenching testimony, Sarah-Jane Thirsk relayed how she was thrown into hysteria when she found her 74 year old husband Henry Thirsk, lying dead beside his luxury motor on their plush East Yorkshire estate on April 20, 2022. Despite her frantic life-saving efforts, the hotel owner and shooting enthusiast was confirmed deceased right outside their home. Recounting the tragic discovery at Hull Coroner's Court on Monday, she described noticing the gleaming lights of his Range Rover through her bathroom window around 9:30 pm while waiting for him to return.
However, nothing could prepare her for the grim finding as she went outside. Initially mistaking some objects near their garage for 'sacks', her blood ran cold when she recognised it was actually her husband's body sprawled out next to the vehicle. Grappling with the shock, Sarah-Jane told the courtroom: "I saw the driver's door open and the back door.
I started shouting for him. Then I turned round and saw what I thought was some sacks lying by the garage but it was him." "I knelt down and when I realised it was him, I jumped up.
I went hysterical then I started CPR. He was on his side, so I turned him over. It was quite hard to hear the breathing all the time.
" The inquest into businessman Henry Thirsk's tragic death revealed touching details of his 18-year marriage to Sarah-Jane, whi.