The three sisters who died in the sea in Brighton

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This is sooo dodgy. There’s no recent photos of them, no one knows why they were there.
They were fully clothed. Handbags on the beach.
Their mum was found dead in a lake 16 yrs ago in Birmingham.
Police have reviewed 100’s of hours og cctv footage and nothing.
What the actual fuck?!

but that is wrong when people go too far

"The sisters lived at the same address in Greenford and their occupations were unknown, it was heard."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/29/police-do-not-suspect-foul-play-deaths-three-sisters-brighton-beach

The coroner will also have access to any interim death certificate there may be. The purpose of an inquest is not only to establish cause of death but also to provide context hence why details of the deceased's life would be included.

It can also help to establish circumstances around their death, e.g. if it was suicide and all three had serious mental health concerns, what interactions did they have with authorities and could there have been opportunities to support them further and prevent their early deaths.

I was once did jury service at an inquest where there was no doubt it was suicide but the young person had been in touch with the NHS repeatedly regarding her mental health and the inquest was to determine whether there were missed opportunities to have helped the person and prevent her taking her life.

Given no family member can speak to why the sisters were at Brighton at 5am there pot could also be the awful possibility that they were already deceased and someone had tried to dispose of their bodies off the marina. Although once cause of death is established they will likely be able to rule that out.

I was once did jury service at an inquest where there was no doubt it was suicide but the young person had been in touch with the NHS repeatedly regarding her mental health

I see and hear this again and again and again. No one ever seems to learn. Nothing is done.

If police don’t suspect foul play then either it was accidental or suicide. To determine the likelihood of suicide the police need to investigate their life and state of mind. Not knowing their work or how they supported themselves is a big part of this since financial issues can be a big contributor to mental health issues.

‘Unknown’ occupation is odd. If dad is close to them to doesn’t he know? Or won’t he say? It almost arouses suspicion they are doing something illegal like growing / dealing drugs or prostitution. Am sure the police are checking bank accounts, benefit payments and HMRC records, talking to neighbours etc to establish facts and more will become clear at the next inquest hearing.

‘Unknown’ occupation is odd. If dad is close to them to doesn’t he know? Or won’t he say?

This is what I dont understand - the family said they were close to their father and texted him twice a day. Yet he has no idea what they did for jobs- all three of them? If they didnt work or couldn't work for a health reason they would have said "not employed" or "unemployed" but to say "unknown"? WTF

I would assume it just means fhe father wants privacy, if these women didn’t work, which is likely, then he may not want to say that, as it would ask questions on why, or they did work but didn’t pay tax. There are many reasons he would not say

one thing is clear, this family want privacy. This isn’t like Nicola bulley where the family are demanding answers etc before they knew, this family want it shut down. And people should respect that.

I'm not convinced by that explanation. "Unknown" and "private" aren't the same thing.

An inquest is a legal proceeding, and the coroner isn't supposed to knowingly record false information. If the occupations were known but the family didn't want them made public, I'd expect wording such as "not disclosed", "not stated" or simply no occupation being mentioned at all.

"Occupation unknown" has a fairly straightforward meaning: that the occupation was not known or had not been formally established for the purposes of the record at that stage.

Of course, it's possible the family know perfectly well what the sisters did and simply don't want to discuss it publicly. But that's different from saying the coroner deliberately recorded their occupations as "unknown" to protect their privacy.

All death certificates list occupations - I have my mother and father's death certificates, my grandparents, my best friend from school and their jobs are all listed on there. You cannot just not put it in because you feel like it. It's nothing to do with respect either - it's about the legal process of registering a death and what details are required to be recorded. Otherwise you could say well I dont want my loved one's death certificate to be a matter of public record at all- you dont have a choice!

Nobody knows what the family want except them. It’s unlikely the father would say their work statuses were ‘unknown’ to avoid anyone looking into tax avoidance or something since everyone knows ‘unknown’ won’t be stated on the sisters death certificates and that the police will go through bank details etc to determine what their occupations were. Maybe he was giving them money every now and then but had no contact or interest with them.

But let's say them not working contributed to their isolation and potential mental health issues that led all three women to make a decision where they thought there was no other possible option but to all take their lives? That would support a suicide cause of death vs an accidental one which is exactly what the inquest is trying to do.

Without establishing details of their lives they can only say no foul play but not confirm suicide or accidental drowning.

But if these women didn’t work what did they live on? How did they get money for food, bills, rent etc? Someone said dad was a security guard so probably not earning enough to support 5 people in 2 homes.

Were they working cash in hand or doing something illegal and dad is claiming not to know? Or perhaps he genuinely doesn’t know - if your three daughters refuse to tell you what they do for work and every time you ask it causes an argument perhaps you then just stop asking in order to preserve the relationship.

it could also be that the police know far more than they are publicly saying. If they had discovered the women were mixed up in something illegal and have suspects who may have wanted to harm them, they could be saying they don’t suspect foul play to lull the suspects into a false sense of security while they keep tabs on them and try to collect evidence.

Why would it matter if they didn’t pay tax? They’re dead and the authorities aren’t going to tel the public they owed tax.

I wonder if the family have found out the sisters weren’t being completely honest with them and they have discovered they weren’t doing whatever jobs they said they were. So they just didn’t know at the time of filing for the inquest

Maybe the family are protecting the women’s employer(s) who employed them illegally by saying they don’t know what they did for work?

They're a private family that want to be left alone , but they're asking the public to give them money. Is that not contradictory?

Not at all. Why would it be? They can want and need privacy but at the same time ask for help due to struggling to afford the sudden expense of 3 funerals plus time off work etc. Asking for funds doesn't turn them into public property. No one is forced to donate. And they've posted frequent updates.

@Specialneedsnightmare I didn't say that it should make them 'public property'. All I'm saying is that a truly private family would not ask for money from the public.

I do wish people would stop trotting out this 'nobody is forced to donate' line. It's irrelevant. I've not once said that it's compulsory.

Asking for donations doesn't give the public a right to private information about the family or the deceased.

However, when a tragedy becomes public and a fundraiser is launched, it is inevitable that it will attract more attention and discussion. People will naturally become curious about the circumstances and ask questions, particularly where there are many unanswered questions.

I dont think you can avoid that - it will attract more attention and actually, if you have a gofundme then attention is kind of what you want, surely? if you had no attention, your donations are going to be smaller!

how do people find out about Go fund me
do they pop up unasked on your phone?
surely you have to be looking

Every article I saw about it had a link saying that it had been set up by Jospeh's brother and it had a link.

The family also posted it on their socials.

so you have to be looking

@HoraceCope not necessarily. I initially saw it in the metro.

Any mentions of the case had that link in it. I wasnt "looking for it" but still saw it. I dont ever go to the gofundme website

Also, I am not sure what you mean by "looking"?- gofundme cant send random texts to people's phones, no. People get donations by publishing the cause on social media.

I’m sorry but it’s madness to say that every article on this case had a link to the go fund me. I haven’t seen one.

i don’t understand people’s issue with go fund mes. Is it just that you can’t bear the idea of poor people getting something for nothing? The worst happens to your family why would anyone begrudge them a stranger who wants to help sending them a tenner?

There’s been no links to the Go Fund Me campaign, but mentions of it in some articles, including the one in The Times, which I’ve linked to here more than once. Possibly that’s what @bluelightsky means by ‘links’.

That's not what I said at all so please dont make stuff up.

I didn't say they shouldn't have a GoFundMe. I didn't say people shouldn't donate. I didn't say anyone was "getting something for nothing". I didn't even comment on whether the fundraiser was justified.

All I said was that a public fundraiser will naturally attract public attention. That's not a criticism of the family it's just a reality of crowdfunding.

And just because you personally havent seen it doesnt mean it doesn't exist- yes, I have seen actual links in the local Brighton paper- The Argus, The Guardian, ITVx, all over Facebook and the GoFundMe has also been mentioned in the Independent and the BBC. I havent seen an article recently that has not mentioned it.

Whether people choose to donate is entirely up to them. But it's perfectly possible to support a family's right to fundraise while also recognising that public fundraising inevitably generates public interest.