Paul Wardle

Paul Wardle was found dead at his home in Eastern Avenue, Speke, on 7 March 1983.

His mother claimed that he was murdered.

A glue soaked plastic bag covered his head, his mouth was stuffed with cotton wool and his hands were tied behind his back and to his belt.

His inquest returned an open verdict after it was heard that questioned over his bindings remained unanswered. 

His mother said:

She added that admitting that Paul Wardle had tried glue once or twice, had been the biggest mistake of her life. She said:

She said that Paul Wardle had been a teetotal, non-smoker and that she beleived the only reason he tried it was because his friends had called him chicken. 

She said a later entry in her diary said:

however, following the inquest, she wrote a letter to the Home Secretary stating that she was certain that Paul Wardle didn't do it to himself. she said:

She said that she thought that someone, somewhere knew how Paul Wardle had died, noting that the police had just assumed that he had done it himself because the house was locked from the inside. However, she noted that the latch off his window had been off. 

She added:

It was noted that her local MP had been helping her in her fight and that she had taken the case to the Home Secretary.

At his inquest, it was heard that Paul Wardle could have been:

A Home Office pathologist gave his course of death as from inhaling Toluene, a major constituent of the adhesive. 

At the time of the inquest, Paul Wardle's mother had said:

After hearing the evidence, the Coroner said:

Paul Wardle had been unemployed at the time and the youngest of four children.