The headteacher of Epsom College was hit by her husband shortly before he shot her and their seven-year-old daughter, before turning the weapon on himself, an inquest heard.
Emma Pattison and her daughter Lettie were found dead at their home within the grounds of the private boarding school in Surrey in February last year, alongside George Pattison, their husband and father respectively.
An inquest was previously told Mrs Pattison, 45, died of shotgun wounds to the chest and abdomen on February 5 2023, while Lettie was shot in the head.
Both are believed to have been murdered by 39-year-old chartered accountant Mr Pattison, before he killed himself.Evidence from Deborah Kirk, the sister of Ms Pattison, was read to the inquest at Surrey Coroner’s Court in Woking on Tuesday.
She said she received a phone call from her sister just before 11pm on February 4, telling her that her husband had hit her and their dog, Bella.
She said her sister told her: “I need someone to come over.”
Her sister’s tone of voice was one of “concern, but not of terror”. “It was more like she had assessed the situation and did not feel safe,” she said.
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