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Tragedy ... the tree where the couple hanged themselves
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Two British lovers hanged themselves from the same tree in a Romeo and Juliet-style tragedy, an inquest heard.
Victoria Kish-Donovan, 24, killed herself just a fortnight after Raymond Oswell, 31. Builder Raymond could not live with his broken heart after Victoria ended their seven-year romance.
But then she was so devastated by his death last June that she carried out a copycat suicide.
Guilt-ridden Victoria “never stopped crying” and would lie on her bed surrounded by his photos, the inquest in Manchester heard.
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Hanged ... Victoria Kish-Donovan
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The mum of three mourned at the tree, creating a shrine to her ex-boyfriend with more pictures of him and flowers. Eventually she left a note which said, “Together forever. I love you Ray” — before ending her life at the tragic spot.
Victoria was found hanging in Hatchetts Wood, Wythenshawe, by a group of boys. She was barely alive and couldn’t be saved after being cut down.
Coroner Nigel Meadows said yesterday [Feb. 27]:
“This is almost a repetition of a very famous play by Shakespeare called Romeo and Juliet — it could be the modern equivalent.”
The couple, of Wythenshawe, met in 2005 when Victoria was 17 and Raymond 24. They had two children, a son of six and a daughter, five, and Victoria’s son, eight, from a previous relationship.
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Heartbroken ... tragic Raymond Oswell
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They split in March last year when Victoria told distraught Raymond it was over. He suspected she was seeing someone else. Both their families wept as Mr Meadows added: “This is a very sad set of circumstances. They may well have had their ups and downs but they must have had a very committed relationship”.
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