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A 'devoted' couple jumped to their deaths from cliffs in a tragic suicide pact, an inquest has heard.

David and Susan Jeffcock sent a letter to their solicitor confirming they intended to end their lives together.

The pensioners decided to make one final journey together as 80-year-old Mr Jeffcock's health worsened, with their bodies found on rocks at the base of the cliff.

Mr Jeffcock's nephew Kevin Shepherd said his uncle had bone cancer and must have decided to kill himself because he was in pain, with Susan following him.

In a statement read at an inquest on Monday (November 24), Mr Shepherd said: "I was shocked to hear of their passing and in such circumstances.

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