Cabbie inquest: an open verdict

Saturday 22nd March 2008, 8:21AM GMT.

AN OPEN verdict was recorded at the resumed inquest into the death of taxi driver Norman Le Messurier. The body of the 65-year-old was recovered from the sea off Cap de la Hague at about 6pm on 19 June.

DNA profiling confirmed the identity of the popular driver. The Vale resident had been reported missing on 18 May by his brother Gordon, who had gone round that day to pick him up as was their arrangement from the day before.

At the flat Gordon found a note asking him to lock the front door and to look after the keys. It included instructions about Norman’s estate. The court heard that before his disappearance Norman had been experiencing memory and concentration problems and had required medical and hospital treatment.