Mystery surrounds death of woman who drowned in the pond of her £1.3million mansion
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a Basingstoke woman who died after drowning in the garden pond of her historic mansion.
Annabel Barbara Lucas, 61, died at her picturesque home at Whitewood Cottage in Herriard, near Basingstoke, in March 2019.
At an inquest today (Tuesday, April 6), Winchester Coroner's Court heard that Annabel was discovered at the 500-year-old property with paving stones and bricks attached to her head and neck.
The toxicology report found Ms Lucas, who had been 'tee-total' for thirty years, was four-and-a-half times over the drink-drive limit and had consumed a "potentially fatal" quantity of codeine.