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Two verdicts of unlawful killing have been recorded on two young children whose bodies were found gassed to death in a Land Rover on Father's Day. A father killed himself and his two young children after splitting from their mother, an inquest has heard.
Amy Philcox, seven, and brother Owen, three, from Cheshire died after engine fumes were pumped into the vehicle. Verdicts of unlawful killing were recorded on Amy Philcox, seven, and Owen, three, from Cheshire, whose bodies were found gassed to death.
Their bodies were found along with their father's Brian Philcox in the vehicle which was parked in a remote beauty spot in the Conwy valley. Brian Philcox drugged his children with chloroform before pumping engine fumes into a Land Rover, which was discovered parked in a Conwy Valley beauty spot.
A verdict of suicide was recorded on Mr Philcox at Llandudno Magistrates Court. A suicide verdict was recorded for Mr Philcox at Llandudno Magistrates Court.
All three died from carbon monoxide poisoning due to inhaling car exhaust fumes. Mr Philcox had collected the children from their home in Runcorn, Cheshire in an arranged access visit last June, the inquest heard.
But after drugging them with chloroform from a padded envelope, he attached a vacuum cleaner pipe to the exhaust of his Land Rover in an isolated spot near Llanrwst in north Wales.
The trio were found dead, poisoned by carbon monoxide fumes, sitting next to each other on the back seat of Mr Philcox's car.
The 52-year-old karate expert had separated from his wife in May last year after eight years of marriage.
The children's mother, Lyn McAuliffe, 38, from Runcorn, Cheshire attended the hearing.The children's mother, Lyn McAuliffe, 38, from Runcorn, Cheshire attended the hearing.