Mother, 47, lay dead in restaurant’s disabled toilet for three days before her body was discovered, heartbroken daughter claims

A mother lay dead in a restaurant’s disabled toilet for three days before her body was discovered, her heartbroken daughter claims.

Jade Casey, 27, says her mother Sabrina Marlynn Lyttle, 47, was found dead at The Gurkha Buffet Restaurant, Hotel and Bar in Blackpool, Lancs.

Sabrina’s mother Christine, 68, and Jade say they are not sure why she went to the toilet, but said no one from the restaurant realized she was there for three days.

She says she now feels ‘heartbroken’ knowing her mother was in the disabled toilet while people were eating and drinking.

Jade: ‘Police told us that customers were complaining that they couldn’t get into the toilet, but they assumed something had happened to the lock.

‘They then opened the disabled toilet and found her on Saturday morning.

‘I’m angry because she could have been found earlier, they should have done the usual toilet checks.

‘It’s heartbreaking because we know she was alone in the cold.

Jade Casey, 27, says her mother Sabrina Marlynn Lyttle, 47, was found dead at The Gurkha Buffet Restaurant, Hotel and Bar in Blackpool, Lancs (Jade pictured as a baby with her mother Sabrina)

The Gurkha Buffet Restaurant, Hotel and Bar in Blackpool, Lancs, where Sabrina was found dead

‘I know she was dead, but that’s because she was there while people were eating and drinking.

“We don’t know the cause of death yet, but part of us thought maybe she had been struggling and needed help and then could have been saved.”

Jade said CCTV footage showed Sabrina, from Blackpool, Lancs, entering the restaurant and going to the disabled toilet on November 28 last year.

She said they were “not sure” why she decided to enter the restaurant, but police said there were no drugs on site.

Jade said: ‘There were no drugs at the scene and CCTV showed her entering the building on Thursday.

‘We think she broke into the disabled toilet. We think she picked the lock to get in so she didn’t have to ask for a key.

‘We are not sure of the circumstances why she went in. It could be that she was getting hot because she had been released from jail the day before.

“We’re not sure, but there were no drugs on site.”

Jade, from Fleetwood, Lancs., has also paid tribute to her mother, describing her as a ‘really nice person’ who was ‘funny and kind’.

Jade and Sabrina’s mother Christine, 68, say they are not sure why she went to the toilet but said no one from the restaurant realized she was there for three days (Sabrina pictured with her mother Christine)

Jade says she now feels ‘heartbroken’ knowing her mother was in the disabled toilet while people were eating and drinking (Jade pictured as a baby with her mother Sabrina)

Jade said CCTV footage showed Sabrina, from Blackpool, Lancs, entering the restaurant and going to the disabled toilet on November 28 last year (Picture: Sabrina Marlynn Lyttle)

She said: ‘She suffered from addiction and was homeless for the past 25 years, but she was a very kind person.

“She was funny and kind.”

A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said: ‘We were called shortly after 1pm on Saturday 30 November to a report of a sudden death at an address on Waterloo Road in Blackpool.

‘Officers attended and sadly the body of a woman in her 40s was found dead at the address.

“Our thoughts are with her loved ones at this time.

‘The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for HM Coroner.’

MailOnline has contacted The Gurkha Buffet Restaurant, Hotel and Bar for comment.