Sarah Tootell and her daughter Halle (Image: SWNS/Irwin Mitchell) A devastated widow's emotional voyage to scatter her beloved husband's ashes on an idyllic island ended in absolute despair when she was hit by severe food poisoning. Sarah Tootell, originating from Bury and being a mother-of-one, was struck down after embarking on the TUI trip with nine year old daughter Halle, marking their first holiday since her partner died six years ago. The pair were booked in to stay at the opulent five-star Riu Palace Santa Maria hotel in Cape Verde.
But it became a living hell as 44-year-old Sarah fell gravely ill during their homeward flight on May 16, following a week-long stay. "This was the first time I had travelled on my own with Halle and took a lot of courage to book in the first place," she shared. "So I'm devastated by the way things have turned out.
" The vacation bliss that commenced on May 8 plunged into nightmare territory when airborne. Surges of fever, gut-wrenching vomiting, unbearable diarrhoea, and abdominal pain seized Sarah, ruining their retreat booked with TUI . function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.
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