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A man died after falling from a ladder he had built himself while trying to fix his roof, an inquest heard today.

Trevor Wyn Roberts, 77, described as a "keen DIY man", had built the piece of equipment himself using sticks.

At his inquest held in Caernarfon today, his wife of 55 years, Lisa Roberts, said the ladder looked "completely unsafe".

While using the ladder to to replace missing tiles on his roof on September 15 last year, the home made device broke and former tree surgeon Mr Roberts slipped.

Emergency services including the Wales Air Ambulance attended his home at Cwm Pennant in Garndolbenmaen, Gwynedd , but despite attempts to revive Mr Roberts, he died at the scene.

Recording a conclusion of accidental death, North Wales senior coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones said Mr Roberts' organs had been impaled by his broken ribs.

In a statement from Mrs Roberts read out by the coroner, she told how her husband had been working outside on the roof for a part of the day and had wanted to get the job finished before it went dark.

Despite her telling him of her concerns about him carrying out the work and scaffolding already in place at the scene, she had not been able to stop him, from using the ladder, the inquest heard.

Around 4pm Mrs Roberts heard a "loud thump" and went outside where she discovered her husband lying on the ground next to the DIY ladder.

She called 999 but despite efforts to save her husband before emergency services arrived, he died at the scene.

In her statement, Mrs Roberts, said: "He was a great family man with a great sense of humour. He will be very sadly missed by us all."

The coroner said: "The lesson to be learnt here is, do not use do it yourself ladders."

He added: "Although most of the repair work was done from the scaffolding, he had moved off that and onto his do it yourself ladder to have access to part of the roof that he couldn't reach from the scaffolding.

"Unfortunately, it wasn't very good and it broke and he fell to the ground.

"He suffered fractures to all of his ribs that impaled his organs."