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Cassius Newton was the lad of erstwhile Chelsea subordinate Eddie Newton
ByLewis Adams
at Essex Coroner's Court
The lad of ex-Chelsea midfielder Eddie Newton ignored pleas from his woman to not spell connected what turned retired to beryllium a fatal 40C (104F) godforsaken hike, a coroner said.
Rescue teams found the assemblage of Cassius Newton, 34, successful the mountainous portion of Wadi Naqab, United Arab Emirates (UAE), connected 18 July - hours aft the mates past spoke, an inquest was told.
His friend, Aran Martinson, from Bishop's Stortford successful Hertfordshire, besides died successful the sweltering vigor aft they acceptable disconnected astatine astir 07:00 section clip (04:00 BST).
Area coroner Michelle Brown ruled their deaths were the effect of misadventure and said: "This was an intentional travel with unintended consequences."
Newton met Martinson done their enactment astatine a "global company" and they some lived successful the luxury edifice of Ras Al Khaimah, to the north-east of Dubai.
He called his woman astatine astir 02:00 to pass her of their planned hike and "she asked him not to go", Essex Coroner's Court heard.
"She knew it would beryllium precise blistery and it tin get to astir 40C, and the feeling is higher due to the fact that it's successful the canyons," Brown said.
"He was besides retired the nighttime earlier and wouldn't person had overmuch sleep, and she didn't deliberation helium would person charged his telephone enough."
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Newton and Martinson had some precocious moved to the United Arab Emirates metropolis of Ras Al Khaimah earlier their deaths
Rescue efforts were launched aft the wives of some men called the authorities, having not heard from them for hours.
They were discovered betwixt 3km and 4km (1.8 miles and 2.5 miles) from wherever they had parked, and their bodies were 350m (1,148ft) apart.
Newton, primitively from Poole, and father-of-three Martinson were some lying connected their backs surrounded by ample rocks.
They were taken to infirmary successful Ras Al Khaimah but pronounced dormant aboriginal that day.
Brown described the way they were walking arsenic "a recreational hike" that did not necessitate immoderate instrumentality and should instrumentality 4 hours.
She said Eddie Newton flew retired to the UAE to place his son's body.
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Eddie Newton went connected to person 2 spells arsenic Chelsea's adjunct manager
Text messages betwixt Martinson and his woman were besides work to the court, successful which she said astatine 09:26: "You indispensable beryllium cooking."
Having not heard from him 5 hours later, she messaged: "[You are] really trying to extremity maine implicit the borderline I swear."
Brown said the men some died from terrible rising assemblage temperatures which led to organ failure.
A erstwhile proceeding was told it was 50C (122F) successful the desert, but Brown said it was 40C earlier.
In an earlier tribute, Chelsea said it was "devastated" to larn of the decease of Newton, who erstwhile played for the club's academy.
Martinson's woman wrote online that her hubby was "incredibly driven, hardworking and ambitious".
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