'Lovely' woman dies falling from multi-storey car park days before 30th birthday

07 February 2024 , 10:57

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Police said her death was being treated as unexplained but is not believed to be suspicious (Image: Liverpool Echo)

A woman who fell to her death from a multi-storey car park was just days away from her 30th birthday.

Gemma Ash, 29, from Merseyside, died on January 11 after falling from a car park in Liverpool near the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

Merseyside Police said they were called to the scene at around 5pm, but shortly after their arrival, a woman fell from the building and was pronounced dead. Officers said her death was being treated as unexplained but is not believed to be suspicious.

On January 27 - what was meant to be Gemma's 30th birthday - friends gathered in Princes Park to release balloons in her memory. Tributes poured in for the 29-year-old was described as a "lovely" friend who was "loved by everyone."

Friend Luci Morgan, 27, told the Liverpool Echo: "She was a really nice friend. She was lovely. She lived a normal life up until a few years ago. She worked in Next, went to university to do nutrition. She's travelled to lots of places: America, Paris.

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One friend described Gemma as the 'life and soul of everywhere we went' (Liverpool Echo)

"She'd been at university and then she's just gone through a bad time and started drinking, then her mental health got really bad because of other things that happened in her life."

Luci, who also suffered with alcoholism, added that there is not enough mental health support for those struggling with addiction. She said: "She didn't get the help she needed."

In a tribute on Facebook, another friend said: "Gemma you were the life and soul of everywhere we went! We always had a ball whether it was a Nando’s or a night out! You had the most infectious laugh and were loved by everyone. From the day I met you on the 55 (which we always laughed about) I always knew you’d have me up to some sort of mischief in work, but I’d have it no other way! We made so many amazing memories over the last 10 years, New York, Ibiza and I wish we could of made more! I wish things were different and I can only hope you can now find some peace. I will miss you forever."

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Zahra Khaliq