{"id":129129,"date":"2025-05-24T22:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T22:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/129129\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T22:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T22:39:09","slug":"woman-26-died-after-falling-down-stairs-in-city-centre-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/129129\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 26, died after falling down stairs in city centre bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Harry was described by her mum as &#8220;bubbly, outgoing and friendly&#8221;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_BHR_LEC_230525_GEORGIA1-1jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Georgia Harry died almost a month after falling down the stairs in a Liverpool city centre bar\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Georgia Harry died almost a month after falling down the stairs in a Liverpool city centre bar<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A &#8220;bubbly and outgoing&#8221; woman died almost a month after falling down the stairs of a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-city-centre\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool city centre<\/a> bar. Georgia Harry was on a night out with her friends when she fell down the stairs in Lost on Seel Street in the early hours of Monday, March 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 26-year-old was rushed to hospital before being placed on life support at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/the-walton-centre-1\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The Walton Centre<\/a>. Speaking to the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">ECHO<\/a>, her mum, Nicola Poolton, said her daughter was taken off life support on April 8, but she &#8220;fought until the end&#8221; and stayed alive for five more days before she died on April 13 surrounded by her friends and family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A funeral service was held on May 7, with Georgia&#8217;s loved ones spilling out of St. Michael In The Hamlet Church to pay their respects and celebrate her life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Paying tribute to her daughter, Nicola, 44, told the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">ECHO<\/a>: &#8220;She was very bubbly, outgoing and friendly with everyone. She was a hard-working girl who loved to have fun with her friends and going on holidays. She was so sociable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Georgia, who lived with her mum and two dachshunds, Mabel and Maggie, in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/aigburth\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Aigburth<\/a>, and worked at Liverpool Passport Office in the city centre. Nicola continued: &#8220;She loved reading and taking her dogs out for walks. She loved doing the pub quizzes too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Speaking about the time Georgia spent in hospital, Nicola said: &#8220;She was in ICU at The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/walton\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Walton<\/a> Centre. We were told on the night that they didn&#8217;t she would make it through the night.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_BHR_LEC_230525_GEORGIA2jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Georgia's mum described her as &quot;bubbly, outgoing and friendly&quot;\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Georgia&#8217;s mum described her as &#8220;bubbly, outgoing and friendly&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;But when we turned off life support she survived for five days. She was a fighter and she fought till the end. She was strong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Nicola said her daughter died from a serious head injury. Merseyside Police confirmed in the days that followed the incident how a woman, Georgia, had fallen down the stairs in Lost at around 2.15am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/two-men-could-help-police-31225371\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Police issued an appeal for information<\/a>, with detectives looking to speak to two men who may have witnessed the fall and could assist in their investigation following the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Nicola told the ECHO how police investigations have finished and a date for the inquest has been set for July this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">For the latest news and breaking news visit <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/<\/a>. 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