Painter died from head injuries after falling from ladder while putting up Union flag

Paul Lumber had been putting up flags when he fell to his death (Picture: GoFundMe)

A painter and decorator sustained fatal head injuries when he fell from a ladder while tying a Union flag to a lamppost, an inquest heard.

Paul Lumber, 61, had gone out near his home in Duckmoor Road in Bristol, to erect flags on lampposts after attending a football match.

Avon Coroner’s Court was told how neighbours heard a loud bang before discovering Lumber on the ground, with his ladder nearby, on the evening of November 22 last year.