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| Gassed children unlawfully killed | Gassed children unlawfully killed |
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| A father killed himself and his two young children after splitting from their mother, an inquest has heard. | A father killed himself and his two young children after splitting from their mother, an inquest has heard. |
| Verdicts of unlawful killing were recorded on Amy Philcox, seven, and Owen, three, from Cheshire, who were gassed to death with engine fumes. | |
| Brian Philcox had drugged his children with chloroform before pumping fumes into their Land Rover, which was found parked in a Conwy Valley beauty spot. | |
| A suicide verdict was recorded on Mr Philcox at Llandudno Magistrates Court. | |
| Mr Philcox had collected the children from their home in Runcorn, Cheshire in an arranged access visit last June, the inquest heard. | 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. | 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 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 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. |