Mother who died in skydive was 'laughing up to the last minute'

A mother-of-four who plummeted 15,000ft to her death in a skydive tragedy was 'laughing and joking up to the last minute,' her partner has revealed.

Belinda Taylor, from Totnes in Devon, fell to her death alongside instructor Adam Harrison in a 'tragic accident' at Dunkeswell Airfield, in Devon.

Her grieving boyfriend Scott Armstrong told the BBC one of the other people on the plane messaged him to say Ms Taylor was 'really excited' for the jump as they went up into the sky.

'Somebody had sent me the nicest message last night,' he said.

'They said they were on the plane with her and she was laughing and joking and really excited of going up to the last minute. And I needed to hear that.'

Mother who died in skydive was 'laughing up to the last minute'

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