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Pimlico woman dies in Cyprus
By Roger Jones
A Pimlico businesswoman found dead at her Cyprus apartment had a lethal amount of morphine in her blood, an inquest heard.
Beverley Marie Nolan, of Vincent Square, planned to retire to the holiday isle but the dream did not come true after her partner died.
The 47-year-old divorcee was found unconscious in Limassol on October 23 last year.
She died from acute pulmonary oedema.
A resumed inquest at Leamington Spa in Warwickshire on Thursday was told that Ms Nolan and her late partner Mario Malaktos, who died in 2009, had bought a house and apartment in Cyprus.
Denise Eileen Nolan told the inquest her sister, who was born in Blackdown, Leamington, had been married twice but latterly used her maiden name.
She said she had worked hard towards her goal of a life abroad but her dream plan fell apart after her Greek Cypriot partner of about 10 years died.
"Mario was married but he always said he was going to divorce.
"He didn't divorce.
"The law in Cyprus is that when a male dies everything goes to his family.
"Beverley was trying to recoup everything as she thought was hers.
"She took the case up with a lawyer but she died before completing the case."
Miss Nolan said suicide notes were found in the apartment.
Warwickshire coroner Sean McGovern said he understood a week before Beverley Nolan died she had been with friends in Cyprus celebrating at hen and stag nights "and there had been a fair amount of drink".
Denise Nolan said her sister had medical issues and was on anti-depressants.
She added: "I suspect it might have been drink that tipped Beverley over.
"I think she must have thought she had lost everything, her partner, her future."
Denise Nolan said she spoke to her sister, who had been back and forth to Cyprus since her partner died, about four days before she died.
Miss Nolan said her sister was "very much in love" with Mario.
She added: "I think drink may have tipped her over, that's my opinion.
"She had attempted suicide in 2004.
"I managed to pull her through that.
"But I had no control over in Cyprus, none at all.
"She loved company.
"She had to have company around her."
Miss Nolan expressed disappointment that Maureen Proctor and daughter Natalie, with whom Beverley Nolan had been celebrating in Cyprus, had not done more to care for her.
"If they had been true friends, they would have discouraged her from drinking.
"She walked home by herself in a foreign country.
"If they were real friends, they would not let anyone walk on her own. It is dangerous, certainly not in the early hours of the morning anyway."
Denise Nolan said her sister had "a lot of pride" but could have asked her for help rather than take her own life.
The coroner said it was not known how much Beverley Nolan had drank.
"She had lost her partner and found out that things with him were not quite as they should have been," he said.
He recorded a verdict that she took her own life "under the intolerable stress of her situation."
The coroner told the dead woman's sister if more information was forthcoming from Cyprus the inquest could be reopened.
But he added: "I suspect the information we have received is all that we will get."
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It is a pity that this article is mostly non factual and based on assumption. Denise was not in Cyprus at the time. It is so easy to place blame upon others when not knowing the facts. We were with Beverly constantly to within hours of her passing. Perhaps if Bevely's friends had been invited to present the facts at the inquest a clearer picture would emerge. Beverly gave no indication of her intentions and we were devastated by her passing. We spent all day trying to contact her because as friends we were concerned by her not contacting us as usual. Beverly always had taxi to travel home or a lift from one of us.