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10-20-2005, 01:22 PM
Press Association
October 20, 2005, Thursday 08:43 AM Eastern Time
SECTION: HOME NEWS
SCHOOLBOY,11, DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES
BYLINE: Victoria Thake, PA
BODY:
A coroner hearing an inquest into the death of a boy who died while taking
part in a school games lesson today recorded a verdict of death by natural
causes.
The half-day inquest was told that Jamie Ralph, of Martin Road, Kettering,
Northants, collapsed as he played rounders during a PE session at the Henry
Gotch junior school on June 20.
The 11-year-old died later the same day in hospital.
The hearing, at Kettering Magistrates Court, heard that the schoolboy
suffered from a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -
inflammation of the heart.
The condition flared up as Jamie joined in the games, causing him to collapse
on the school playing field.
Recording the verdict, Kettering Coroner Anne Pember offered her "sincere
condolences" to Jamie's family.
The schoolboy's mother made no comment as she left the court following the
inquest.
LOAD-DATE: October 20, 2005
October 20, 2005, Thursday 08:43 AM Eastern Time
SECTION: HOME NEWS
SCHOOLBOY,11, DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES
BYLINE: Victoria Thake, PA
BODY:
A coroner hearing an inquest into the death of a boy who died while taking
part in a school games lesson today recorded a verdict of death by natural
causes.
The half-day inquest was told that Jamie Ralph, of Martin Road, Kettering,
Northants, collapsed as he played rounders during a PE session at the Henry
Gotch junior school on June 20.
The 11-year-old died later the same day in hospital.
The hearing, at Kettering Magistrates Court, heard that the schoolboy
suffered from a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -
inflammation of the heart.
The condition flared up as Jamie joined in the games, causing him to collapse
on the school playing field.
Recording the verdict, Kettering Coroner Anne Pember offered her "sincere
condolences" to Jamie's family.
The schoolboy's mother made no comment as she left the court following the
inquest.
LOAD-DATE: October 20, 2005