Grandfather killed by past work with asbestos

A grandfather who worked most of his life for British Rail, died as a result of exposure to asbestos, an inquest has heard.

Leonard Foster started work cleaning steam engines as a 15-year-old, and in a statement written before his death he said he was regularly exposed to asbestos at work.

In February 2005 he started to experience pain in his back, which he thought was a pulled muscle. In April he learnt he was suffering from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma; he died in October.

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