PCSO from Ramsbottom died after coming into contact with asbestos while working as a gas fitter and a plumber, coroner …

A POPULAR police community support officer from Ramsbottom died as a result of being exposed to asbestos while working as a gas fitter and a plumber earlier in his career, a coroner has ruled.

Mr Trevor Wyatt died on October 7 last year at the age of 57, after bravely battling mesothelioma for 16 months.

Assistant coroner Catherine McKenna ruled that Mr Wyatt's death was caused by industrial disease, at a hearing at Heywood Coroner's Court last Thursday.

Ms McKenna told the court that Mr Wyatt's wife, Jeanette, was not present for the hearing as she said that she did not feel able to attend court.

Instead, the court heard a statement from Mrs Wyatt, in which she said that her husband is "sadly missed by us all".

The statement read: "Trevor was a real family man. He loved football with the boys. Our youngest plays for Manchester United, so there was a lot of travelling to and from the training ground.

"Trevor was never ill, and he never had any days off sick. Trevor used to say: 'If I ever get ill, I know it will be something big, because I am never ill'."

Mr Wyatt, who was born in Bury, was the youngest of 13 children, and attended St Paul's Primary School in Bury, later moving to Seedfield Comprehensive.

He completed an apprenticeship in plumbing, and later worked for SG Woodcock in Bury, but was made redundant from the firm, aged 21.

He then began to take on subcontracting work, and later took on the role of caretaker at Bury College in 1995, where he met his wife in 1996, who was working as a cashier.

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