After staying a while, Mr Pengilly attempted to call her a taxi before she left via the back door. Ms Thornton took several steps, seemingly planning to walk home from the cottage, before falling off the cliff and landing on rocks on the beach below. Mr Pengilly raised the alarm and house guest Alice Rogers, who is a GP practice nurse, ran down to the beach and gave unconscious Megan life support until paramedics arrived. But sadly Ms Thornton died from her injuries a short while later. IT worker Mr Pengilly told the inquest the garden was "pitch black" on the night of the tragedy.
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