The grandmother of Police constable Stephen Symons is relieved that she can close the painful chapter of her life after Monday's inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of four people during Hurricane Fabian.

Cecily Tuzo, the grandmother of P.c. Symons, said the inquest gave her closure.

“It's cleared up a lot for me,” she told The Royal Gazette. Mrs. Tuzo was joined at the inquest by her daughter, Roslyn, P.c. Symons' mother.

Family and friends of P.c. Symons, P.c. Nicole O'Connor, duty station officer Gladys Saunders and civilian Manuel Pacheco, gathered in Magistrates' Court on Monday to hear the sequence of the events that led to the death of their loved ones on September 5.

The body of P.c. Symons was eventually recovered near the oil docks in St. George's on September 7; his death was ruled a drowning by Coroner Edward King, who also found that P.c. Symons disobeyed a direct order to venture out into the hurricane.

A photo portrait of P.c. Symons was taken by the scenes of crime officers on September 12 and after the inquest Mrs. Tuzo had insisted on seeing the photograph.

Yesterday she told The Royal Gazette: “I was unable to see the body and so all I saw was a coffin. For all I know it could have been filled with rocks. It leaves you in doubt so I had to see the picture, and now I'm satisfied.

“I have closure now and I did see the picture but they didn't want me to see it. I still wanted to see it and see that my grandchild had been laid to rest.”

She said it was a release to hear how everything happened the day her grandson died.

“I think everyone did a good job. I know now that the fire department did try, and that a couple of men did get swept over. It cleared a lot up for me. I personally didn't think they had enough rope to reach where the four had gone over but with the velocity of the wind and the waves it was unfortunate that even one of them got hurt,” she said.