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Death fall victim ‘a lovely girl who had heart of gold’
Mother’s tribute to teenager in plunge from bedroom window
THE family of an 18-year-old woman who fell to her death from a second-floor window on Monday have paid tribute to a loving daughter, sister and aunt who had a “heart of gold”.
Police were called to Balls Pond Road in Canonbury just after midnight on Monday evening after Natalie Watson plunged more than 30 feet from her bedroom window.
Despite being airlifted to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, the former hairdressing and beauty therapist trainee died the following day.
An inquest was opened into her death yesterday (Thursday) at St Pancras Coroner’s Court. A 19-year-old man, identified by police at the inquest as her boyfriend, was arrested on suspicion of possessing cannabis.
He has been bailed to reappear at a north London police station in March.
Yesterday, the dead teenager’s mother, Ann Seeley, said: “She was a lovely girl who didn’t have long in life. She liked having a laugh with friends and family and she was very family orientated.
“She would do anything for her family. She had a heart of gold.”
She added: “It’s tragic she’s been taken away at such a young age – it’s devastating.”
As news of her death spread through the community where Ms Watson lived, people visited the scene of the tragedy to pay their last respects and to leave floral tributes. One message remembered her as “a bright, loving person” while another simply called her “Nutty Nat”.
Detective Sergeant Joe Lock, of Islington CID, told the inquest Ms Watson’s brother had reported hearing raised voices between his sister and a man on the night of her fall.
He said: “The brother has given an account of hearing arguments earlier in the evening. He fell asleep but when he awoke he heard another argument. At that point he meets [Ms Watson’s boyfriend] who says she’s thrown herself out of a window.”
He added: “[The boyfriend] denies any wrong-doing and says when Natalie went through the window he wasn’t in the room. Obviously, we need to investigate that.”
Ms Seeley told the inquest that while her daughter, a former pupil at St Mary Magdalene School in Holloway, had “superficially” self-harmed some two years ago, she had not done it since and had promised she wouldn’t do it any more.
Ms Seeley, a prison custody officer, added: “Earlier in the evening she’d come back crying. I said: ‘Promise you won’t do anything,’ and she said: ‘No, I promise you’.”
Last night, her brother Daniel called Natalie “truly one of a kind”.
He added: “She was caring, funny, and liked a laugh. She loved her family. She was a great sister and a great aunty. She will be truly missed by all of us.”
Paul Kehoe, principal at Mount Carmel College for Girls in Archway, where Natalie was a student, said: “She was a lovely girl, a really nice affable young lady. It’s tragic.”
The inquest has been adjourned until later in the year. |
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