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Coroner to open inquests into Cook hotel deaths

Operators
James Chapple
17 September 2018

Inquests into the deaths of two Thomas Cook holidaymakers “killed by E. coli” in Egypt will be opened and adjourned this week.

AUGUST

Cook agent Susan Cooper and her husband John, from Burnley, fell fatally ill at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic hotel in Hurghada on August 21.


The Egyptian authorities reported last week the couple died after contracting E. coli.


Thomas Cook’s own independent tests of the food, water and air conditioning at the hotel found a “high level of E. coli and staphylococcus bacteria”, a common cause of food poisoning.