{"id":133791,"date":"2025-05-26T17:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/133791\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T17:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:29:11","slug":"woman-26-dies-after-falling-down-stairs-in-city-centre-bar-during-night-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/133791\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 26, dies after falling down stairs in city centre bar during night out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Harry, 26, was described as a &#8216;very bubbly, outgoing and friendly&#8217; person by her heartbroken mother who told how she &#8216;fought until the end&#8217; after she was taken off life support<\/p>\n<p>13:09, 26 May 2025Updated 13:09, 26 May 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748280549_190_0_BHR_LEC_230525_GEORGIA2jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Georgia Harry has died after falling down in a bar\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Georgia Harry has died after falling down in a bar<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A young woman has died almost a month after<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/truth-benidorms-83p-beer-man-35284157\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" falling down the stairs of a city centre barLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> falling down the stairs of a city centre bar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Georgia Harry, 26, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/saunas-now-the-new-pub-35263325\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"was enjoying a night out with her palsLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">was enjoying a night out with her pals<\/a> when she fell down the stairs in Liverpool&#8217;s Lost on Seel Street boozer in the early hours of Monday, March 17. She <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/luke-littler-blamed-brits-downing-35275908\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"was rushed to The Walton Centre hospitalLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">was rushed to The Walton Centre hospital<\/a> and placed on life support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Her heartbroken mother, Nicola Poolton, said<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/woman-26-died-after-falling-31712168\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a>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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748280550_742_0_BHR_LEC_230525_GEORGIA1-1jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Georgia Harry was on a night out with friends\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Georgia Harry was on a night out with friends<\/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\/news\/liverpool-news\/woman-26-died-after-falling-31712168\" 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 lived with her mum and two dachshunds, Mabel and Maggie, in Aigburth, 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 Walton Centre. We were told on the night that they didn&#8217;t she would make it through the night.<\/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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_ATP_LEC_120916DALGLISH_12JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Georgia was rushed to The Walton Centre hospital (stock)\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Georgia was rushed to The Walton Centre hospital (stock)(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police issued an appeal for information, 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 \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Georgia Harry, 26, was described as a &#8216;very bubbly, outgoing and friendly&#8217; person by her heartbroken mother who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[785,748,393,4884,179,1889,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-133791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-alcohol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-pubs","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114575321745003926","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}