Inquest hears woman fell downstairs Wednesday, July 08, 2009 This is HullandEastRiding A woman who died after sustaining a serious head injury had fallen downstairs, a court heard. An inquest into the death of Angela Day, of Littleham Close, Bransholme, heard the 51-year-old died after hitting the back of her head as she fell downstairs at the home of her friend Ricky Beaumont. Humberside Police had initially treated her death as suspicious after she was found unconscious at the house in Yatesbury Garth, at about 4.30am on January 16. As previously reported in the Mail, Mr Beaumont and a 15-year-old boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons were arrested and questioned. However, the enquiry was later dropped after evidence gathered proved neither were responsible for her death. Hull Coroners' Court heard Mrs Day was a heavy drinker and had multiple injuries she had sustained through trips and falls. Her son Craig Taylor told the court there had been a number of falls in December and she had been admitted to hospital two or three times during the previous year. He also said she had had a number of fits in the months leading up to her death. But forensic pathologist Professor Peter Vanezis said the head injury which caused her death was sustained no more than a few hours before she died. He said the cause of death was an "acute injury" and that death occurred within hours from the time of the head injury being sustained. The court heard evidence from Mr Beaumont that he and Mrs Day had been drinking together and watching a film on January 15. He said he had gone to bed at about 10pm and woken up at about 4.30am, when he found her lying face-down on the stairs, with her head pointing towards the bottom. Mrs Day was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary by ambulance, where she was pronounced dead at about 12.55pm on January 16. The court heard the mother-of-six, who had battled with alcoholism, had 104mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood in her body at the time of her death; the drink drive limit is 80mg per 100ml of blood. Professor Robert Frost, assistant deputy coroner for Hull and East Riding, recorded a narrative verdict. He said: "Angela Day died as a result of a head injury sustained following a fall at the home of Mr Beaumont. Angela was impaired by alcohol at the time."