Wetherspoons sued for more than £200,000 after a customer died at one of its pubs
WETHERSPOONS is being sued for more than £200,000 after a drinker fell to his death from a second-floor window.
The pub chain faces action from the partner of Callum McKeon, who tumbled from an upstairs flat used for storage while looking for a toilet.
It is accused of negligence and breach of statutory duty by his partner, Chloe Fletcher-Langley in her High Court action.
The case follows an inquest which heard a drunk Mr McKeon, 24, was trying to get into the Golden Lion in New-market, Cambs, after a stag do in June 2021.
The dad of three was turned away but went looking for the toilet and staggered into the second-floor flat, where he fell from a window.
A coroner ruled his being able to reach an off-limits area contributed to his death.
Speaking after the inquest into his death, Mr McKeon’s mother Tina Bedford said she hoped that lessons would be learned.
She said: “Callum was a loving son, brother, father, and partner, and is sorely missed by everyone who knew him.
“He was always happy and cheerful, and would have done anything for his three kids, Olivia, Ronnie and Frankie.
“He’d enjoyed a day socialising with his family and friends, and the night shouldn’t have ended like that. If Callum hadn’t been able to access that room, that night, he’d still be with us.
“Callum was loved by so many and his memory will live on.
“What happened that day could have been prevented with some simple steps to stop Callum ending up where he did.
“We just hope that there will be lessons learned, and that another family won’t have to go through what we have had to. We will miss him so much every single day.”
The Sun contacted Wetherspoons for comment.