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W437 – Westbury mourns family tragedy
TRIBUTES have been paid to the Puttick family of Brokerswood, who tragically ended their lives at Beachy Head on Sunday 31st May.
Tributes outside the family home.
Neil Puttick, 34, and his 44-year-old wife Kazumi, who lived at Wishing Well Farm opposite Brokerswood Country Park, are believed to have leapt off a 600ft cliff following the death of their five year old son Sam.
Sam, a pupil at Westbury Leigh Primary School, was severely disabled following a car accident when he was 18 months old.
He had been receiving treatment for pneumococcal meningitis at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children but was discharged on Friday 29th May when it became clear he would not recover. Sam died that evening, and two days later, his parents took their own lives.
Sam’s body was found inside a rucksack beside the couple at the foot of the cliff. A second bag was also discovered nearby, filled with the child’s toys.