Published: 26 January 2012
by GEORGIA GRAHAM

POLICE have reopened an investigation into how a woman died from inhaling ­poisonous fumes in a Camden Town pub – eight years after her death.

Louise Mendison, 65, was found on the floor of Camden Road pub Father Ted’s, where she worked as a cleaner, in October 2003.

The mother-of-two was pulled out onto the street and taken to University College Hospital in Bloomsbury, but she could not be resuscitated.

The new probe has been launched in the wake of St Pancras coroner Dr Andrew Reid’s ruling in September that Ms Mendison’s death was the result of “unlawful killing”.

Camden Police have confirmed that they have received a copy of the coroner’s report and that the investigation has been reopened.

A spokeswoman said the fresh inquiry was “in the very early stages”.

A post-mortem examination at the time of her death revealed Ms Mendison had died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Her daughter, Andria Mendison, 33, and her brother Paul attended the two-day long inquest and say they are now relieved something is finally being done to discover the cause of their mother’s death.

Andria said: “Of course, we are not happy about this taking so long, it has been a very long time.

“The timing is not great as I have just had a baby and it’s not a good time to rake it all up again.

“But it was a very long investigation with everyone blaming each other.

Now that the coroner has ruled unlawful killing we definitely want the police to finally prosecute those responsible.

“We want something to be finally done so that this doesn’t ever happen to anyone again and so that we can move on properly.”

Andria, who used to live in Agar Grove, but has since moved out of Camden, added: “My mum worked in Camden for 30 years and she helped out a lot of people, and a lot of people really loved her.”

The close-knit community in Camden Road still remembers Ms Mendison well.

She worked at ­Camden Job Centre for 30 years before taking a cleaning job in the pub for a year.

Ernest Boateng, who has been running a hardware store on Camden Road for 25 years, said: “I liked her so much, she was a lovely woman.”

Father Ted’s manager at the time of Ms ­Mendison’s death,  Andrew Connor, said: “If there is a new investigation it would be inappropriate for me to comment.

All I would like to express is the sorrow I feel for the family.”

A new bar at the address is unrelated to the previous business