Brothers’ six-year justice fight over mum’s Barbados port death

However, the brothers said they would continue to bring civil cases in Barbados against the port, the refuelling company and Walcott.

In a statement outside the coroner’s court, Chris Purkess, from Worthing, West Sussex, said: “Our mother deserved better. British families deserve better.

“A British tourist is killed by a reversing truck in a busy port, and nobody answers to it because of a legal loophole over tarmac.

“What confidence could any family have in a system that does that?”

His brother Michael, who lives in Ahoghill, Northern Ireland, added: “At the end of the day we want someone to be accountable.”

Oldest brother Richard Purkess, from Lyndhurst, said it was ironic that his mother had taken the cruise to visit a pen pal in Trinidad and only made it to the island when her body was transported there.

In a statement, Saga said: “Our deepest sympathies remain with the Purkess family over their terrible loss.

“Since this incident, the port in Bridgetown has put in place several improvements and changes.

“We share the frustrations that this matter has taken so long to come to conclusion, and we hope the outcome brings some degree of closure to the Purkess family.”

Neither the Port of Barbados nor the island’s police or prosecution service responded to BBC requests for comment.