Family express concerns about William Chapman’s contact with mental health services before his death

A man who was killed by a tiger at a South Yorkshire zoo had bouts of psychosis, his family told an inquest opening, as they expressed concerns about his contact with mental health services before his death.

William Chapman was mauled to death by the animal at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster on Saturday, after climbing into its enclosure.

William Chapman was pronounced dead at scene on Saturday after scaling fence and entering enclosure

A man killed by a tiger at a zoo in South Yorkshire has been named locally as William Chapman.

Chapman scaled the fence and entered the enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster on Saturday afternoon. Witnesses described seeing Chapman, who has not been officially named by police, walking up to a 200kg male Siberian tiger named Altai, which attacked him.

Even though a man was mauled to death by a tiger and three-year-old was attacked in crocodile enclosure, experts say public protection is robust

On a busy Saturday afternoon at a zoo in Yorkshire, visitors looked on in horror as a man climbed into a tiger habitat, minutes after posing for a photograph beside it.

Eyewitnesses said he scaled a metre-high viewing barrier, before dropping into the enclosure below, overpowering a woman who tried to pull him back.

Ed Miliband, MP for nearby Doncaster North, offers ‘deepest condolences’ to family of visitor who entered enclosure on Saturday

A wildlife park in Yorkshire has confirmed the tiger that mauled to death a man who entered its enclosure will not be euthanised.

A man, who has not yet been named, was seen entering a tiger enclosure at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, before police were called at 1.35pm on Saturday.

Police say man was pronounced dead at the scene after being attacked by tiger

A man has died after being attacked by a tiger after jumping into its enclosure at a zoo in Yorkshire, police have said.

Emergency services were contacted shortly after 1.30pm on Saturday when the man entered the enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, and was set upon by the tiger.