War 退役軍人 who lay dying in the street had bank account drained by sick thieves who stole his wallet

• David Gwynne-James 崩壊（する）d from a heart attack
  
• A cruel どろぼう stole his bank cards, his watch and even his glasses
• Retired captain had been on his way to …に出席する Remembrance Day service
  

By Anna Edwards

Published: 17:14 BST, 25 July 2012 | Updated: 17:25 BST, 25 July 2012

Retired captain David Gwynne James was meant to …に出席する a Remembrance service at Westminster Abbey when he 崩壊（する）d and had his 所有／入手s stolen

An 年輩の army 退役軍人 lay dying in the street while a heartless どろぼう emptied his wallet and drained his bank account drained, an 検死 heard today.

David Gwynne-James' bank cards were used at a cash machine as little as two minutes after the 74-year-old 崩壊（する）d with a heart attack.

The retired captain and 軍の history author had been 準備するing to …に出席する a Remembrance Day service at Westminster Abbey, having organised 記念のs for his former 連隊, the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.

He was pronounced dead two days later on November 11 last year, having 苦しむd a 大規模な skull fracture and brain 損失 in the 落ちる, Westminster 検死官's 法廷，裁判所 was told.

His 未亡人, Charmian, only 設立する out about the fraudulent 処理／取引s when checking his bank 声明 two months later, by which time police had no leads because 決定的な CCTV （映画の）フィート数 had been 削除するd.

Mr Gwynne-James had travelled to London from his home in White Notley, 近づく Witham in Essex, on November 9.

At around 11pm, after spending the evening drinking with old friends at the Cavalry and Guards Club in Piccadilly he 始める，決める off alone to find his hotel.

'He was 観察するd by a 証言，証人／目撃する walking along into King's Street, where he then suddenly clutched his chest and fell backwards, hitting his 長，率いる as he fell,' said 検死官's officer Lynda Morris.

Within minutes, paramedics had arrived at the scene 近づく Christie's, the famous auction house, and began 猛烈に trying to 再開する his heart.

The first 試みる／企てる to 身を引く money from his account took place at 11.03pm at a cash machine in 隣接するing St James's Street - just yards from where he lay.

探偵，刑事 Constable Lynda Rothera told the 検死 'several other 試みる／企てるs' were made to take out more cash that night but failed when the account's daily 限界 was reached.

Service: The war 退役軍人 was 計画（する）ing to …に出席する a Remembrance service at Westminster Abbey

'It was used a few times the day after in the east of London, in a few shops, before the bank raised a 怪しげな 警報,' she said.

Some £1,400 was 孤立した in cash, with 処理／取引s 記録，記録的な／記録するd in Walthamstow, east London, and Romford, Essex, before the account was 封鎖するd.

His grieving family later 設立する out that his watch and glasses had also been stolen.

Charmian Gwynne-James, David's 未亡人, arrives at the 検死

探偵，刑事 Constable Rothera said Mr Gwynne-James may have been watched as he entered his PIN code at a cash machine earlier that evening.

She said: 'This is one 可能性 of how the 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うs got his PIN numbers.

'We don't know whether that did happen.

'It is only 憶測 as to how this card was taken from Mr Gwynne-James.'

Mr Gwynne-James failed to 回復する consciousness after 存在 taken to nearby St Mary's Hospital, where a CT ざっと目を通す 明らかにする／漏らすd he had 苦しむd a '重要な traumatic brain 傷害'.

A 病理学者, who 設立する his 権利 coronary artery to be 完全に clogged up, 設立する no 証拠 of 強襲，強姦 and gave the 原因（となる）s of his death as heart attack and a 長，率いる 傷害.

Mr Gwynne-James, who was born in Pembrokeshire, west むちの跡s, served in the 軍隊s for 15 years after joining in 1955, captaining the army cricket team for two seasons.

His service 含むd stints in Germany, Kenya, Cyprus, and Oman, upon which he based his 調書をとる／予約する Letters From Oman.

In 非軍事の life, he worked for accounting 巨大（な） Ernst & Young, rising to become its 職員／兵員 director, before starting his own 管理／経営 consultancy in 1991.

記録，記録的な／記録するing a 判決 of natural 原因（となる）s, 検死官 Fiona Wilcox said the 退役軍人's card was used 'almost at 正確に／まさに the same time as he 崩壊（する）d.'

She said: 'It is only 憶測 as to how this card was taken from Mr Gwynne-James.

'I do not think that this 法廷，裁判所 can ever really know.

'There is no 関係 between this and his その後の death.

'I am 満足させるd, on the balance of probabilities, that Mr Gwynne-James died as a result of natural 原因（となる）s.'

Turning to the family, she 追加するd: 'Sorry we have not been able to explain why his 所持品 disappeared, or how they disappeared.'