AN Oasis fan who fell from an upper tier balcony at a concert in Wembley Stadium died from “multiple body injuries”, an inquest heard.
Lee Claydon, 45, plummeted from a height at the sell-out gig in London as the audience was applauding and fireworks were going off at the end of the show.
Lee is understood to have fallen from the upper tier balcony at the London concert[/caption]
A GoFundMe page was set up to support Lee’s grieving family[/caption]
Partner Amanda said she would ‘never stop loving you’ and called Lee her ‘soulmate’[/caption]
Oasis said in a statement that they were ‘shocked and saddened’ by the fan’s death[/caption]
Lee was enjoying the gig with 100,000 other people when he tragically fell to his death on August 2.
He was pronounced dead at the medical centre at Wembley Stadium, Barnet Coroner’s Court heard today.
Now, it has been revealed that a post mortem on August 6 gave “multiple body injuries” as the cause of Lee’s death, the inquest was told.
The inquest, which opened today, attended by video link by Lee’s partner, Amanda Purnell and his sister.
Police said at the time a man in his 40s “was found with injuries consistent with a fall.”
Detective Inspector Aimee Sando, from the Metropolitan Police, said police are continuing to investigate by looking at CCTV footage and interviewing witnesses.
The dad-of-one, from Bournemouth, was tragically declared dead at the scene last month as medics desperately battled to save his life.
Lee’s devastated family paid tribute at the time to the “devoted father, partner and role model”.
His partner Amanda said she would “never stop loving you” and called Lee her “soulmate”.
She added: “I don’t have many words right now but it’s not fair and it’s not right that you’re not here with us!
“I am so grateful to have spent the time we had even though this cruel world has cut it way too short!
“We had so much to look forward to! I will try my best to be strong for all.”
Heartbroken father Clive Claydon, 75, told how his son had been “super excited” about the gig, for which he bought tickets a year ago.
He said: “He was a lifelong Oasis fan and he was so looking forward to going.
“Out of all the thousands of people there why’s it got to be my son?”
Clive told how Lee lived with his partner and son Harry in Bournemouth.
The Oasis fan had attended the gig with his brother Aaron, niece and nephew.
Aaron even wrote a Facebook post about how he was excited to go to the gig.
In what marked Lee’s heartbreaking final post, he commented: “Cheers our kid”.
Clive told how Aaron had been the one to inform him of Lee’s death.
In tears he said: “I am going to miss him so much. Everyone will. I am so devastated.”
Clive remembered his son as a “lovely, lovely bloke” who “no one could say a bad thing about ever.”
OASIS ‘SADDENED’
Oasis said in a statement last month that they were “shocked and saddened” by the fan’s death.
They added: “Oasis would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the person involved.”
A spokesperson for Wembley Stadium said at the time: “Wembley Stadium medics, the London Ambulance Service and the police attended to a concert-goer who was found with injuries consistent with a fall.
“Despite their efforts, the fan very sadly died. Our thoughts go out to his family, who have been informed and are being supported by specially trained police officers.
“The police have asked anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them.”
The father died after the accident in August[/caption]
He leaves behind his son, dad, partner, brothers, sisters, nephews and niece[/caption]
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