Paulette Crookes, celebrated her 70th birthday by renting out a holiday cottage on the Isle of Wight which had a hot tub but she tragically later died from Legionnaires' disease

A woman who rented out a holiday cottage with a hot tub to celebrate her birthday with friends died after picking up a dangerous illness, an inquest heard.

Paulette Crookes had been celebrating her 70th birthday with family at a rental property at Tapnell Farm on the Isle of Wight. The retired butcher's assistant, from Rochford in Essex but living in Sandown, Isle of Wight, had booked the getaway with 10 relatives, choosing the cottage partly because of its hot tub.

But less than a month later, she tested positive for legionella, a dangerous water-borne bacteria that can cause the severe lung infection Legionnai

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