Bombshell twist in mum’s ‘suicide’ as new ruling finds husband ‘was involved in her death’ 14 years ago & slams cops

THE decease of a mum-of-three - initially ruled a termination - has alternatively been staged by her husband, a coroner has found.

The bombshell twist comes a shocking 14 years aft Helen Bird was recovered dormant successful the store of her Blackmans Bay location successful Tasmania, Australia.

She was recovered connected July 8, 2010 by her hubby Mark Bird astatine astir 11.30am.

Helen's decease was astatine archetypal deemed a termination by a coroner successful 2011, who recovered that cipher - including Mr Bird - had immoderate involvement.

But years later, Coroner Robert Webster said the decease was really staged by Helen's husband, who incapacitated her earlier mounting up the country and lying to cops.

He besides slammed the police enquiry into Helen's death, calling it "inadequate".

Mr Webster said: "Investigating constabulary should not judge what they are told oregon what appears, from the scene.

"Such a decease should beryllium treated arsenic a suspicious decease until investigations conclusively found otherwise."

According to the coroner's ruling, Mr Bird apt utilized toxic fumes to "incapacitate" the palliative attraction nurse.

Mr Webster recovered Mr Bird past caused Helen's decease by asphyxiation and made it look arsenic though she had committed termination by mounting her phone, a picture, and a missive connected a adjacent seat successful the garage.

The coroner said successful his findings: "There is nary grounds Ms Bird had mentioned oregon threatened suicide, and determination is nary grounds of suicidal ideation.

"There was truthful nary crushed for her to beryllium experimenting with ropes oregon different methods of harming herself and that experimentation going incorrect thereby starring to her decease by mishap oregon misadventure."

Mr Bird "absolutely rejects" the assertion that helium was progressive successful his wife's decease and has ne'er been charged with immoderate crime related to it, Australian outlet ABC reports.

Mr Webster characterised Mr Bird arsenic a "untruthful person" successful summation to being an untruthful witnesser successful his published ruling.

He said: "The grounds establishes Mrs Bird's children were her life.

"She would not person near them down peculiarly with idiosyncratic [Mr Bird] who was incapable of decently looking aft himself, fto unsocial his children.

In an affidavit, Mr Bird claimed that his woman had been drinking a batch of gin the nighttime earlier she passed away, contempt having assured constabulary that she did not portion excessively.

The coroner recovered that Mr Bird had besides distorted the existent authorities of his marriage, citing claims of carnal maltreatment and the couple's "significant" fiscal strain.

According to news.com.au, Mr Bird was allegedly having an matter with different pistillate astatine the clip his woman passed away.

In a "contrived" effort to connection an alibi, Mr Bird - who said helium had recovered his woman aft returning from a buying travel - called and texted his woman respective times successful the morning, according to the coroner.

Mr Webster said: "Mr Bird was a overmuch larger idiosyncratic than Ms Bird,' helium said.

"He was much stockily built than her and helium was taller. He was truthful intelligibly stronger than her.

"There is grounds Mr Bird could beryllium verbally and physically aggressive, which included comments that helium wished to dispose of radical helium did not like, and helium felt carnal and verbal aggression towards his family."

The coroner added helium was satisfied "given the exclusion of each different hypotheses, and the grounds against Mr Bird, that helium was involved" successful his wife's death.

He sent his condolences to Helen Bird's household and friends who had suffered from her loss.