Solicitors acting for the family of a father who died after being punched ‘tremendously hard’ on a night out say criminal investigations must now be reopened after a Coroner ruled he was unlawfully killed. Riccardo Holness, 42, was rushed to King’s College Hospital, where he remained on life support until his death a month later, […]
The inquest into the death of Laura Winham has been adjourned after hearing three days of evidence. Legal teams will now have the opportunity to make submissions to the Coroner based on the evidence heard before she makes her findings and rulings over Laura’s cause of death. Evidence was heard from Laura’s family and representatives […]
A former subpostmaster has told how she finally feels ‘burden free’ and intends to buy the home she has always wanted after receiving £600,000 compensation as part of the new Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme. The woman, who has asked not to be named, received her letter from the Ministry of Justice in August confirming her […]
Statement from solicitor Neil Hudgell, of Hudgell Solicitors, who represents the family of Lewis Skelton. Lewis’ family welcome the decision of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (“IOPC”) to reinvestigate the death of their much-loved father, son, brother and uncle. However, the family do not welcome the years-long legal wrangles which have led to this […]
The family of a ‘much-loved’ father who died in an accident at work at a recycling centre say they are disappointed that an inquest jury’s conclusion has failed to provide answers on significant points raised throughout and leaves them without definitive answer as to what cost him his life. The inquest at Carlisle Coroner’s Court […]
The mother of a 43-year-old woman who died when locked in a Kent Police station cell has welcomed a jury’s conclusion that police officers’ failure to ensure she was medically assessed may have cost her life. Mother-of-four Debbie Padley had been taken to Tonbridge Police Station’s custody suite following a domestic incident at her home […]
The mother of a man who died after being restrained in Manchester Victoria Station says she has had to fight for two years to ensure the circumstances of his death ‘come under the full scrutiny of the criminal courts’. Jack Barnes, a 29-year-old father from Hull, died after being chased and restrained by staff working […]
The family of retired Humberside Police Detective Inspector Andy Kirby have paid tribute to him after a Inquest concluded the cause of death. Hull Coroners Court heard Mr Kirby did not die of Covid-19 as Hull Royal Infirmary told them, but of a “massive” internal bleed after being prescribed medication he had previously had an […]
An inquest has heard a retired police detective inspector did not die of Covid-19 as a hospital claimed, but of a “massive” internal bleed after being prescribed medication he had previously had an adverse reaction to. 69-year-old Andy Kirby died on Christmas Eve 2020 at Hull Royal Infirmary days after initially being diagnosed with a […]
Survivor Ruth Murrell says life for her family has been ‘forever changed’ after being involved in the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017. Ruth and her daughter Emily, who was 12 at the time, were both badly injured in the attack, spending weeks in hospital afterwards and needing to undergo numerous operations to remove shrapnel from […]
A woman who was amongst those who stood closest to the Manchester Arena bomber when he detonated the device says she was left feeling ‘abandoned and left to die’ as ‘an eternity’ passed without emergency services coming to their aid. Janet Senior, of West Yorkshire, had been waiting in the foyer at the end of […]
A Coroner investigating the circumstances leading up to the death of a 17-year-old girl who was a patient at a mental health hospital says staff have “limited concern about the number of ligature incidents” on its ward and appear to have accepted them “as normal behaviour.” Abigail Combes, coroner for South Yorkshire has ordered Cygnet […]
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