BBC reporter, John Stevenson who was found dead next to his partner has had his
cause of death described as ‘unascertained’. John Stevenson, 68, and Mark Turner,
were both found dead in March 2020 after a district nurse was unable to get a
response from Mark in March 2020, according to the Mirror
The court heard at today’s inquest in Pontypridd that the exact circumstances of
John’s death were not known but it is likely he died from natural causes due to poor
health.
The court were told that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the two
men’s deaths and that experts ruled out carbon monoxide poisoning as well as an
“electrical accident.”
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In March 2020, Broadcaster John, 68, was found in his home on the floor next to his
bed yards away from his partner after police forced their way into the property.
Law enforcement went to the home to check in after a district nurse was unable to
get a response from Mark.
During the last 12 months of his life, John was cared for by Mark after suffering from
multiple strokes.
John’s first stroke was in 2013 and at the time he was working as a political
correspondent for the BBC in North Wales.
He then had another stroke in 2017 and the inquest heard that he did not do the
physiotherapy he was prescribed and his condition deteriorated.
John went on to lose all mobility and the ability to speak.
Mark had been trying to lift John before they died, coroner David Regan told the
inquest and added that Mr Stevenson had “likely died prior” to 12 March but it was
impossible to determine the exact date.
The coroner also heard evidence that Mark was finding the role of being John’s full-
time carer difficult.
When new’s broke of John’s death, last year, Head of news and current Affairs at BBC
Wales Garmon Rhys said: “He was an articulate commentator who had a sharp mind
and his conversational manner made his reports memorable.
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