Father tells BSE inquiry how CJD destroyed his daughter

11 March 1998

Father tells BSE inquiry how CJD destroyed his daughter

THE father of Clare Tomkins, a vegetarian dying from the human form of mad cows disease, told the BSE inquiry yesterday how CJD had destroyed his daughter.

Roger Tomkins described how the disease had reduced Clare from a “fun-loving, stunning strawberry blonde with a personality to match” to a person who “howled like a sick, injured animal”.