Much-loved mum, 31, 'with the biggest heart' died after fall from window

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A much-loved 'kind and caring' mum died two months after she fell from a third-floor window at her flat an inquest heard. Carer Jay Loren Barrington, 31, who her family said had 'the biggest heart', was discovered motionless on the concrete floor outside her Lancashire home in the early hours of New Year's Eve in 2020. Beforehand Jay, who had a history of mental health issues, had had an argument with her boyfriend Mike Young and had told her boyfriend's young son 'tell him bye' a coroner was told.

Jay, who was born in Blackpool, was rushed to the Royal Preston Hospital where she was admitted to the Critical Care Unit after suffering fractures to her spine and ribs and contusions to her right kidney and liver.

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Over the following weeks, her condition deteriorated and sadly she died on February 12 from multi-organ failure. A coroner, who said he could not be sure what her intentions were, recorded an open conclusion following the hearing, reports Lancs Live.

A statement from Jay's neighbour, Michael Dixon, who lived in the flat opposite her on the third floor of a block on Station Road, Wesham, on the Fylde coast, was read at the inquest heard at Preston Coroner's Court.

In it, Mr Dixon said that the night she fell from the window he had heard Jay arguing with Mr Young. "It was some time close to midnight or just after midnight," he said.

"I started to hear Jay and her partner having an argument. I could hear a female crying and a male shouting. They were arguing about a duvet cover. I heard a knocking on my door, I'm sure it was Jay, I then heard a male voice saying 'what are you doing' then I heard a scuffle.

"I heard her say something about calling the police and I heard the male say she couldn't. I