An elderly couple who died after falling from cliffs below Whitby Abbey suffered “multi-trauma”, an inquest has heard.
Inquests were opened and adjourned on Monday into the deaths of David and Susan Jeffcock.
Senior North Yorkshire coroner Jon Heath told the brief hearings in Northallerton that Mr Jeffcock, 80, and Mrs Jeffcock, 74, were found at the base of East Cliff, in Whitby, on 30 July.
He described how Mr and Mrs Jeffcock, who were from Whitby, were found dead and the provisional cause of their deaths has been recorded as “multi-trauma”. No further details were given.
Mr Heath adjourned both inquests to a date to be fixed.
No family members were in court.
In July, North Yorkshire Police described how emergency services teams were alerted after a member of the public called the police at 7.16pm after spotting a man and woman on the rocks.
With the tide coming in fast, the coastguard coordinated a helicopter recovery to ambulance crews near Whitby Abbey, officers said.
