A maintenance engineer died after sustaining serious injuries during a fall from a ladder, a court has heard. 

Christopher Cooke, of Moorhouse Close in Reepham, was taken to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital following the incident. 

The 75-year-old later died there from his injuries on November 12. 

An inquest into his death was opened at Norfolk Coroner’s Court, based at County Hall in Norwich, where senior coroner Jacqueline Lake confirmed the primary medical cause of death was given as sepsis. 

She added that Mr Cooke had undergone operations for both a pelvic fracture and a perforated bowel in the fortnight before his death. 

Mr Cooke was born on March 2, 1949, in Colkirk near Fakenham, He was retired at the time of his passing. 

A full inquest to determine the official cause of death will take place at the court in April 2025. 

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