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A WINDOW cleaner who fell from a bay window roof while on his weekly round died accidentally, a jury has ruled.
Bill Wilson, from Hucknall, was found on a patio with head injuries after he fell from the roof at a house in Ilkeston in July last year.
Derby and South Derbyshire Coroners' Court heard how a neighbour raised the alarm after hearing the 58-year-old calling for help.
Paramedics took the father-of-four to the Queen's Medical Centre where he later died while undergoing surgery.
Giving evidence, Sharon Caulfield said she returned to her home, in Audley Close, from Nottingham at around 2.30pm on the day of the incident, in July last year.
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She said: "At about 4.15pm I went outside to fix a gate. Through my fence I can see into the back garden of my next door neighbours.
"I heard someone crying out so ran next door. Mr Wilson was lying on the ground, he was shouting 'help me'.
"He was lying on his side with his arms stretched out and his legs bent."
Mrs Caulfield went to a neighbour's house to ask them to dial 999 and saw Mark Huckerby, a detective sergeant with West Midlands police who was visiting friends in Ilkeston.
He told the court how at first he thought Mr Wilson might have been assaulted.
He said: "Mr Wilson was lying between the garden of the house and the garden wall.
"My initial concern was that he had obviously suffered a head trauma."
Mr Wilson, of Bolingey Way, Hucknall, was taken to the Queens Medical Centre where doctors tried to operate on him, but he died later the same day.
A post-mortem examination revealed he had suffered multiple injuries from the fall.
Mr Wilson lived with his wife Terry and had four children – Ben 22, Ruth, 28, Vikki, 34, and 36-year-old Amanda.
He had been a fitter working on the surface at Linby Colliery. When the colliery closed in 1991, he decided to go into window cleaning
Speaking at his inquest, Mrs Wilson said on the day of the accident she was at home and noticed her husband was late home from work.
She said: "I was looking at the clock saying he should be home by now.
"I got a call and went to the Queen's Medical Centre but as far as I knew all he had done was banged his head.
"When I got there they told me they were going to have to undertake emergency surgery."
Edward Walker, an inspector with the Health and Safety Executive told the court it had carried out a full investigation into Mr Wilson's death and discovered a tile clip that was bent on the roof of the bay window.
He said: "It is most likely this happened during the course of this accident."
Speaking at the time her husband died, Mrs Wilson said his window cleaning round was mainly concentrated in the Shipley View estate and he also had rounds in Eastwood, Hucknall and Sutton-in-Ashfield.
She said: "Bill was a lovely man who never had a bad word to say about anyone.
"He loved his family, his DIY and he loved going walking."
