Fashion designer Lulu Guiness’s younger brother ‘shoots himself dead’
Simon Rivett-Carnac, a partner in a top investment firm, was found dead outside his country home in Charlton, Wiltshire.
The younger brother of fashion designer Lulu Guiness is thought to have hot himself dead aged 53.
Simon Rivett-Carnac, a partner in a top investment firm, was found dead outside his country home in Charlton, Wiltshire.
His wife Sarah found the father-of-two metres away from the house after the alarm was raised by their gardener.
An inquest in Salisbury was told on Friday that Mr Rivett-Carnac, from London, was found outside the rear of his second home at 11.45am on December 6 after a shotgun had been discharged.
His cause of death was a brain injury due to shotgun discharge through the mouth.
The inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed.
Wiltshire Police said: ‘There are no suspicious circumstances in relation to this death.’
They refused to say if he had a licence for the shotgun.
London based Sarasin and partners LLP said he ‘was a partner at the firm who joined in 1999 and made an exceptional contribution to the business.’
They added: ‘Simon was a wonderful colleague and friend and will be remembered for many qualities not least his outstanding sense of humour.
‘His passing will leave a huge hole in the lives of so many people and our thoughts are with his wife and their two sons.’
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