Thursday 15 September 2022 09:08 PM Scaffolder who died following freak trampolining accident's unborn son named ... trends now
The heartbroken family of a scaffolder who died following a freak trampolining accident has revealed his unborn son will be named after him.
Rob Harcourt, 37, died last month just weeks after being left paralysed from the chest down when he attempted a backflip and landed on his neck.
The family of 'clever, kind, funny' Mr Harcourt revealed shortly after his death that his girlfriend Jade Higgins, 30, was pregnant with his fifth child.
His mother Jackie Graves revealed the baby will be named Robert Jackson John - Robert after Mr Harcourt, Jackson after Ms Graves and John after Ms Graves's brother.
The baby has been 'a little ray of sunshine in the darkness', Ms Graves told Teeside Live.
The family of 'clever, kind, funny' Rob Harcourt, 37 (left) revealed shortly after his death that his girlfriend Jade Higgins, 30 (right) was pregnant with his fifth child
Mr Harcourt's mother Jackie Graves revealed the baby will be named Robert Jackson John - Robert after her son, Jackson after Ms Graves and John after Ms Graves's brother
She said that at Miss Higgins's latest appointment, the midwives told them the baby was healthy and that when they told them it was a boy 'I cried and I cried because I know Rob wanted another son.'
The already father-of-four, of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, spent weeks in intensive care
