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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.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.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.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 short lives they had were imprinted on your heart and they will endure with you Coroner John Gittins to the children's mother
The 52-year-old karate expert had separated from his wife in May last year after eight years of marriage. The trio were found dead, poisoned by carbon monoxide fumes, sitting next to each other on the back seat of Mr Philcox's car on Father's Day.
The children's mother, Lyn McAuliffe, 38, from Runcorn, Cheshire attended the hearing. The 52-year-old karate expert had separated from his wife in May 2008 after eight years of marriage.
The children's mother, Lyn McAuliffe, 38, from Runcorn, Cheshire, wept as details of the deaths were read.
Offering his condolences, acting coroner for north Wales central John Gittins told her: "When Brian Philcox took Amy and Owen from you he thought they would be lost to you forever - but he failed.
"The short lives they had were imprinted on your heart and they will endure with you.
"They will be part of you every single moment of every single day."
Ms McAuliffe had begun divorce proceedings against Mr Philcox by June 13 last year when he took the children during an access day away.
The hearing was told that he knew we would be unable to see them on Father's Day and so hatched a plan to kill them.
The coroner heard how he had also rigged up improvised explosive devices in his home designed to detonate when his ex-wife called.