James's Dad death to liver disease with alcohol

Singer James Morrison's father Paul Catchpole 60 years old died of disease liver after a 20 years battle with alchohol. His body was discovered by paramedics in his squalid flat surrounded. A post mortem report was revealed he had drank so much, his liver was filled up into the fat. The inquest at Coventry Coroner's Court was told, "Paul had been drinking ‘continually’ for six months before his death".

Nicky Catchpole 42 years old, James older sister told, "My dad went through phases of being on benders and then totally straight. The most recent bender before he died was the worst one he ever had. He was on a drinking binge for six months. It was continual drinking from morning until night and not eating."

Coventry and Warwickshire coroner Sean McGovern said: "Alcohol is a legal drug and you drink alcohol and if it causes you death that is natural causes. This is something that has occurred over a period of time. The impression I get is that Mr Catchpole was drinking to excess over a period of time. The liver doesn't work as well as it should because it is gradually turning into fat and that changes over time and can cause death as it has here."

Paul worked as a painter and decorator, down James' mum Suzy when he was four years old. Months before the tragedy the 26-year-old said he rang his dad every week to ‘check he's still alive’.

Months before Paul died, James said: ‘He's an alcoholic but he's a sweetheart, really. He copes with problems the only way he knows how."