All news on the topic: Inquests

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Pregnant mum killed by 'speeding' BMW after pulling over to make phone call
Tragic Frankie Julia Hough's car which was carrying three young children was struck by a BMW driven by Adil Iqbal, who has been charged following the 38-year-old mum's death on May 13
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Sobbing dad told son 'could have survived' being electrocuted on football pitch
Teenage AFC Fylde footballer Luke Bennett died when a metal pole he was carrying came too close to an overhead electricity line - and crucially medics were dispatched to the wrong location
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Disabled man choked to death on 'sausage rolls left out after staff party'
Jimmy Billingsley, who had Down's Syndrome, was only supposed to be served soft food cut into 2cm chunks and was meant to be supervised while eating at Naylorsfield care home in Liverpool
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'Destroyed' mum died in same place as son as she couldn't 'survive without him'
Camille Hardman's mental health deteriorated significantly in the weeks after her son Ethan Hardman, 16, was found dead in woodland in Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire
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Man's devastating final 19-word 999 call before falling to his death from bridge
Nicholas Boulton from Staffordshire had called twice for an ambulance before jumping to his death on the A500, but none could be sent due to there not being any available
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Man charged after sailor found dead 12 days after boat crash in UK harbour
David Haw, 24, was found dead 12 days after he went missing following an accident in Poole Harbour in the early hours of May 2, 2022 - Morgan Smith, 21, has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter
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'Hard-working' young cancer survivor dies after tree falls on him in park
Lukasz Costazza, 30, was out with three friends in Low Hall Nature Reserve in Walthamstow, North London on June 9, 2015, when an 'old, redding, dead tree' fell on him - he sadly died at the scene
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Man found dead in flat after 'foul smell' had texted his dad to say he was dying
Brett Sivyer was found dead at his flat in Maidenhead, Berkshire, after neighbours reported a foul smell coming from the property. An inquest found he suffered from a 'form of fatalism'
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Girl, 3, killed by delivery van reversing 'didn't stand a chance', inquest told
Milliee-Ann Rae McKellar was knocked down and killed by a Hermes delivery driver as he reversed his van in a cul-de-sac by her grandma's house and she was in his blind spot
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Dad dies after getting trapped in cave playing with kids at birthday party
Carl O'Keeffe's body was "compressed" for hours in a fibreglass indoor cave at a tourist attraction, his inquest in Cumbria heard yesterday, and he was declared dead in hospital
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Missed chances to save man who starved to death at 4.5st after benefits stopped
Vulnerable grandfather Errol Graham, 57, was found dead weighing just four-and-a-half stone at his Redford, Nottinghamshire, flat, having written a letter saying he went to bed hungry
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Rotting body of man found dead inside his flat went unnoticed for six years
The body of Robert Alton, who was 76, was discovered inside his flat on Hemsworth Road in Bolton on March 9 this year
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Brit dad, 73, drowns on Turkey family holiday minutes after walking along beach
Philip Terrence Jarvis, 73, was on a trip to Antalya, when his family became worried about his whereabouts when he didn't return following a walk and swim at the beach
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'Big hearted’ mum’s fatal cliff fall after row with boyfriend 'wasn't suicide'
Mum-of-one Danyell Sinckler died after falling near a lighthouse shortly after an argument with her boyfriend and texting her mum saying she was "thinking about ending it all"
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'My husband went for gastric sleeve surgery and within days he was dead'
Phillip Morris died on December 10, 2021, four days after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery at St Anthony's Hospital in Surrey, leaving his wife Dana and young son Orson bereft
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Ex-staff sergeant admits 'kissing' but denies sex with cadet who killed herself
Mark Easingwood, a former Army staff sergeant, has told an inquest that he "kissed once" but did not have sex with officer cadet Olivia Perks, 21, in a banned relationship
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Killer walked from mental health waiting room days before slitting girl's throat
Eltiona Skana killed Emily Jones after snatching her from her scooter in Queens Park, Bolton, on Mother's Day, before being sentenced to life in prison
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Mystery as devoted dad found dead in woods months after running from his car
Harjinder 'Harry' Takhar, 58, was reported missing after he ran from his family car in Telford last year before being discovered in a woodland area near The Three Furnaces pub in Telford
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Inside cellar 'unsuitable for humans' where man died as landlord jailed
Philip Sheridan, 36, died from smoke inhalation after the oven in the windowless converted cellar caught fire - with landlord Humrazz Shahid, 43, jailed for 13 months
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Man fell backwards into Thames and drowned while on FaceTime with girlfriend
An inquest heard how James East, 25, fell backwards into the River Thames during a a FaceTime call with his girlfriend after he became separated form the group on a night out
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Teenage boy said he felt sick and 'overwhelmed' before dying suddenly in his bed
George Edwards, 18, from Manchester, had complained about feeling sick and ‘overwhelmed’ before he was found unresponsive at his home by his mum
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Young footballer dies after swimming in lake weeks after being attacked
Young footballer Nicolae Topa, 17, drowned in a lake at Fairlop Waters Country Park, in Hainault, east London, weeks after being attacked by four men armed with crowbars
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'Caring' woman who wanted a baby found dead by husband after four miscarriages
Jemma Zoezee, from Abergele, who had been a nursery worker and suffered four miscarriages as she tried to have a child was found dead by her husband, an inquest heard
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Soldier's widow 'can barely visit grave' in 7-year fight for answers
Seven years on from his death, Sally Oxley is still searching for the truth of what happened to her beloved husband Colour Sgt Anthony Oxley
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Dad-of-3 found dead in lorry trailer after 'being passed from pillar to post'
Drew Howe, aged 26, was found dead in the trailer of his lorry after taking his own life an inquest heard with an assistant coroner saying he had been "passed from pillar to post" as he sought help