Aid worker ‘killed by natural disaster’
AWEST Peckhamman died “as a result of a natural disaster”, while working as a peacekeeper on the Caribbean island of Haiti, aMaidstone inquest heard. Fred Wooldridge (41) was working for the United Nations as a senior political affairs and planning officer in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince when the islandwas rocked by amas- sive earthquake in January 2010. MrWooldridge, who had only married his wife, fellow UN worker Teamar, the previous May, was one of a large number of people crushed when the UN office building collapsed. His body was found by rescue workers and dragged from the rubble four days after the earth- quake.
Cupcake cafe PLANS to open a cupcake café in a former estate agent’s office in London Road, Larkfield, have been submitted to Ton- bridge andMalling Council. Adele Ali, of Cobdown Close, Ditton, has applied for the change of use of the historic property at numbers 781 to 783 and for fascia and hanging signs. East Malling and Larkfield Parish Council had no objec- tion.
Mr Wooldridge, whose par-
ents Harry and Judith run a suc- cessful fruit farming business in the village, attended the Lon- don School of Oriental and African Studies before going to work for the UN in Geneva and Liberia. He moved to Haiti in 2007. Fred returned home two or
three times a year to visit his family, however, and was a reg- ular attender at St Dunstan’s Church, West Peckham, on those occasions. Former prime minister Gor-
don Brown paid tribute to Mr Wooldridge following the news of his death and said he had been hugely grateful for all the work he had been doing in the UN Stabilisation Mission, help- ing to build a stronger Haiti and
TV’S Loose Women presenter Carol McGiffin is calling on people to put on their pyjamas and take part in the annual MoonlitWalk. Carol will join the event at
Kings Hill on Saturday, Sep- tember 21 in aid of the Heart of Kent Hospice. The downturn in the economy
had seen a dip in donations to the hospice so organisers are asking people to come along
give its residents hope. The inquest, opened in Febru-
ary 2010 and re-opened on July 31 this year at The Archbishop’s Palace, heard that the coroner’s officer had failed to extract any information
Take a walk in the moonlight
with friends, family and col- leagues. Registration is only £15 in advance and you will be guaranteed a great evening. Volunteers are also needed
for the evening as the hospice can’t run the event without support from local people. To book, call 01622 790195, e-mail
fundraising@hokh.co.uk or go
towww.moonlitwalk.org. To offer your services as a volunteer, please call or email.
Wooldridge – or his death – from officials in Haiti, and had re- sumed the inquest with evidence based on newspaper reports. MrWooldridge was described
as “a true Englishman …deter- mined to make the world a bet- ter place”. Since then, his family have
raised thousands of pounds in hismemory to help disabled ath- letes fulfil their sporting dreams. His body was flown back to Britain at the end of January 2010, where his identity was confirmed from dental records. A post mortem examination de- termined the cause of death as asphyxiation. Deputy assistant coroner Alli-
about Mr
son Summers recorded a verdict of death as a result of a natural disaster.
Driver banned NEIL Page (27), of Woodlands Road, Ditton, was given a sus- pended jail sentence by West Kent Magistrates after he ad- mitted driving while disquali- fied and with no insurance. He was sentenced to 90 days
in prison, suspended for 24 months, and banned from driv- ing for two years. Page must also carry out 200 hours of un- paid work within the next 12 months and pay £85 costs and an £80 victim surcharge.
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