Open verdict on Longreach death

Henry Gibb, 22, was being treated for anxiety and depression

An inquest jury looking into the death of a man in a Cornish mental health unit has returned an open verdict.

Henry Gibb, 22, from Falmouth, was being treated for anxiety and depression at Longreach House in Redruth in 2004.

The jury at Camborne Magistrates' Court was told by a pathologist witness that he could not find a reason why Mr Gibb had died.

He was one of three patients who died there over a three-month period.

Carole Baker, 44, a manic depression sufferer and a former head teacher from Ludvgan near Penzance, died after taking a shower at the centre in March 2004.

Ann Buckfield, 65, also from Penzance, collapsed and died in a communal area the day after Mr Gibb died.

An inquest in October into Ms Baker's death recorded an open verdict, while an inquest into Ms Buckfield's death is due to open on Monday.

Longreach House opened in August 2003 at a cost of £6.5m. It was designed to replace three other mental health units in the county.