Flood victim's home lacked real defences

THERE were no proper flood defences protecting the home of an 83-year-old woman who drowned in flooding during Storm Babet, an inquest heard.

- BY SOPHIE ROBINSON

Maureen Gilbert's son found her “floating in the water” in October 2023, at her home in Chesterfield, Derbys, after the River Rother burst its banks.