A pensioner who was left with just £5 to her name after a DWP pension blunder jumped to her death in a quarry.
Joy Worrall, 81, had been forced to rely on her savings when the Department for Work and Pensions wrongly stopped her payments.
Tragic Joy was "too proud" to tell her family about her financial woes and jumped to her doom off a quarry in the north Wales village of Rhes y Cae village, Flintshire, in November last year.
She had spent her £5,000 life savings and had just a fiver left in her bank account when she she took her own life, reports North Wales Live .
Joy had received an inheritance in 2014, and informed the DWP about it.
Then, in 2017, her pension situation was "re-assessed" and instead of only freezing the pension credits Mrs Worrall received, the DWP froze her ordinary state pension.
She was left with no income whatsoever.
An inquest into her death heard Mrs Worrall described as "too proud" to tell her family about her financial problems.
The inquiry heard she had previously said she would throw herself off a quarry if she ended up with any major health or financial worries.
On November 19 last year, her son Ben Worrall spoke to her for the last time.
Two days later he went to her cottage after someone had contacted him asking him where his mother was.
Benefits farce as sick Scot let go after injury then told he isn't ill enough to claim cash
When he got to the property, he could not find her or her car.
Mr Worrall, who normally spoke to his mother three or four times a week, raised the alarm.
A search was launched and on November 22 her body was discovered at the bottom of a 40-foot face of the Rhes y Cae quarry.
A statement by Mr Worrall, read to the inquest, said her death was a shock and there were so many unanswered questions.
It was only when he started to investigate his mother's affairs that the true picture of what had happened in the run up to her death began to emerge.
The inquest was read a letter from Suzanne Mitchelson, from the DWP, who said that Mrs Worrall's two pension payments should have been "de-combined".
Heartbreaking last words of disabled mum-of-nine who took own life after DWP stopped benefits
Ms Mitchelson said: "I am sorry that due to an administrative error this did not happen."
Mrs Worrall's cause of death was given as multiple major traumatic injuries due to a fall from height.
Coroner John Gittins recorded a verdict of suicide .
Speaking after the hearing, Mr Worrall said the DWP had been "guilty of a failure of duty of care".
He added: "It's a disgrace how this can happen in modern society and what concerns me is that this could happen to someone else."
Delyn MP David Hanson is understood to have written to the DWP demanding that procedures have been changed to make sure the same tragedy cannot happen again.
If you need to speak to someone, Samaritans are available 24/7 by calling 116 123
