Girlfriend of Brit Nick Alexander, killed in Paris attacks, tells how she tried to shield him from gunfire
The ex-girlfriend of Nick Alexander, murdered by ISIS terrorists in the Paris attacks, has described how she tried to save his life.
Mr Alexander, 35, was in Paris' Bataclan Theatre at an Eagles of Death Metal concert when he was gunned down by terrorists.
His ex-girlfried, Helen Wilson, described how she used her body to try and shield Mr Alexander, of Colchester, from the bullets which took his life.
In evidence read to Essex Coroner's Court in Chelmsford, Ms Wilson said the pair tried to "play dead" before one of the gunmen approached them and opened fire.
Ms Wilson said she tried to protect him by covering him with her body, before she felt a burning sensation in her legs.
She said: "Nick said he had been shot. He couldn't move and was in pain."
Ms Wilson told the court the pair held hands but she could hear his breaths becoming shallower.
She said: "I twisted my body around and gave him mouth-to-mouth. I was telling him not to leave me and I love him."
But he told her he was dying, and Ms Wilson said he died as she tried to revive him.
The inquest, attended by his mother Sheelagh and older sister Zoe, heard Mr Alexander, who was living in London at the time of his death, was hit by two or three bullets from a high-velocity rifle.
Caroline Beasley-Murray, senior coroner for Essex, concluded that he had been unlawfully killed on November 13 last year.
Paris victim's girlfriend: my desperate battle to try to save his lifeNick Alexander