The next statement to be read onto the record was that of Emma Brindley, one of the paramedics who attended David.

She told the court on 12 January 2022 she was working a 2pm to midnight shift as a Paramedic, with a Paramedic Emergency Care Assistant and a Student Paramedic. They were a crew from Beverley Station.

She said that they were allocated to attend David and Peter’s home address following a report of “query deceased, multiple patients, obviously not breathing and unconscious”.

She said they received a further update that it was not absolutely certain that the patients were dead, and that there were two patients.

“Cardiac/Respiratory Arrest/Death obvious/expected Death questionable. Brother 40 severely disabled”.

At this point the coroner interjected to apologise to Ciara Bartlam that he had not forewarned Keri about this evidence. Ms Bartlam assured the coroner that Keri knew that she could leave at any point.

Emma Brindley’s statement described what she saw at the scene when she entered the home [I’ll not report the detail].

“My crew mate Jack Connelly then said he’s moving his head, referring to David. Sam Hale appeared to wake the patient he became alert and combative clearly distressed making incomprehensible sounds”.

Emma said that she placed a sheet over Peter’s body and went outside to speak to Keri, who she had been told by a member of the other crew was a doctor, who had found them.

“I explained that her father was dead but that her brother was alive. She told me he was under the full time care of his father and fully reliant on him for all ADLs, he is severely disabled, autistic, unable to walk or speak and very frightened of ambulance staff and hospital due to some bad experiences in the past”.

Emma said that Keri helped to dress David and she went to get the carry chair, to transport David onto the ambulance. She said at this point Keri was talking to the police, so she tried to make him comfortable and warm and asked David if it was ok to do some observations.

“His body language was a clear no”.

She told the court that David refused a radial pulse assessment but his skin was cold and dry to touch. She said it was difficult to assess his Glasgow Coma Score due to his autism, however Keri stated he was weaker than usual.

“I managed to get a temperature of 34.9 degrees unable to take BP, BM or ECG”.

She told the court there working impression was query head injury, possible fall or trauma. Alongside a “long lie in emotionally traumatising circumstances, dehydration, hypothermia”.

Her statement finished that they handed David over to Leah, a nurse in A&E at 16:29.