AN EX-man City medic fell 300ft to his death when he and his wife visited a mountain where he had proposed 27 years before, an inquest heard.
Doting husband Dr Jamie Butler, 54, popped the question to his wife Margaret on Striding Edge in the Lake District in 1994.
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The couple, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, had returned to the Lakes last November to follow the same path and rekindle the moment.
But an inquest heard that the doctor fell from the mountain in poor visibility after a mist came down.
The mountain was said to have held a special place in the couple’s hearts, the hearing in Cockermouth was told.
The inquest heard the couple had taken on the walk in the afternoon.
Mrs Butler said when the couple reached Striding Edge she was too tired and Dr Butler walked along it on his own to find the exact spot where he asked her to marry him.
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In a statement, Mrs Butler described seeing her husband walk off into mist.
After he was gone for a while, she shouted after him but got no response and called the police.
Mountain rescuers found her husband below the ridge dead from multiple injuries.
Dr Butler became a medic for Manchester City Football Club in 2007 and was promoted to senior medical officer in 2009 and was later part of the physio team at Premiership rugby union team Sale Sharks.
His former colleague, Doug Jones told MailOnline: “He was a really fantastic guy who didn’t have a bad word to say about anyone.
“He was very loved by the staff and players at both Sale & Man City….you just couldn’t not warm to him.”
Coroner Kirsty Gomersal concluded the death was an accident.
Mrs Butler said: “Jamie was a loving husband with two twin boys who he adored.
“He will be forever missed. He died doing what he loved.”
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