Lytham paedophile jumped in front of train four days after he was arrested for multiple vile child sex crimes

Wolstencroft, 55, had to be identified by his fingerprints after stepping in front of a train close to the Eastham Hall caravan park in Lytham, a short distance from Moss Side station, at around 1.30pm on September 28.

Just four days earlier Wolstencroft, an IT professional who lived on Derby Road, was arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing up to six children over a number of years. He was bailed under a number of police conditions.

One of his victims, who was just eight-years-old at the time, said: "That house was like a house of horrors. He was a monster. It was awful what he did, and he did it everywhere.

"It ruined my life. I struggled to make friends, and I still do. I have been diagnosed with PTSD and I've been in therapy for years trying to fix what he did to me."

At an inquest at Blackpool town hall on Wednesday, train driver Janet Jallambs, who was operating the Northern Rail train at the time of the crash, described how she desperately sounded her horn as Wolstencroft appeared to hesitate twice before walking onto the tracks.

He turned his back to the train, which was travelling at 62mph, and curled into a ball.

Ms Jallambs said: “I remember shouting to myself in the drivers cabin, no, no, no!

"I remember hitting the brakes and bringing the train to a stop later down the tracks.

“From when I first saw the male to when he was hit by the train it was only four seconds, and there was absolutely nothing I could do to stop the train from hitting him.”

Wolstencroft was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post-mortem examination revealed that his cause of death was multiple injuries caused by collision with a train. He did not have any drugs or alcohol in his system at the time.

British transport police who attended the scene said there was no evidence of any third party involvement in Wolstencroft’s death, and it was deemed non-suspicious. A sign post for the Samaritans suicide helpline was later put up at the crossing.

Handing down a conclusion of suicide, coroner Alan Wilson said: “It seems evidence from the circumstances that this was a death that followed on from decisions made by the deceased himself. There is nothing that has resulted in him being where he was accidentally.

“There’s clearly nothing medically ongoing that has caused or contributed to his death. There was no medication, drugs or alcohol that has significantly affected his thinking.

“It seems to me incredibly apparent, from the witness statement from the driver and the incident report, that there doesn’t appear to be any mechanical issues with the train, and (Ms Jallambs) was driving within a speed appropriate for the area. There was nothing she could do to prevent this collision.

“We do know, from the train driver’s evidence, that in her view it was deliberate. He had the opportunity to leave and move away from the oncoming train, but he crouched down in the way of the train, and in my view that’s clear evidence of someone who has the intention of ending their own life.”

Wolstencroft had been on anti-depressant medication in 2019, but had stopped taking the pills after his condition improved and he had no significant contact with mental health services since then.

Mr Wilson said that it was ‘not up to the court to decide’ why Wolstencroft had killed himself, but that the events followed on from his arrest and the start of the police investigation against him on September 24.

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