All news on the topic: Inquests

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Police slammed after taking 2 months to find dad's body stuck in fence panels
The heartbroken family of Lee Bowan said they are searching for answers surrounding his cause of death after police took two months to locate his body after they assumed he was 'somewhere drunk'
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'Weapons often smuggled into police stations before Matt Ratana murder'
An inquest heard PC Richard Davey failed to find a revolver that Louis De Zoysa fired at sergeant Matt Ratana inside the custody suite in Croydon, South London, which killed the officer
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Plumber dies after being electrocuted as defibrillator in Co-op store 'unusable'
Plumber Mackenzie Cooper died after being electrocuted at a house in Nottinghamshire and a coroner has demanded action after a defibrillator from a nearby Co-op Central England store was faulty
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Funfair owner jailed over exploding trampoline that killed toddler on beach
Toddler Ava-May Littleboy was thrown higher than a house when the inflatable exploded while she was on it during a day out at Gorleston-on-Sea, in Norfolk, on July 1, 2018 with her family
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Couple who died during Egypt holiday poisoned after room sprayed for bed bugs
John and Susan Cooper, from Burnley, Lancashire, died during a holiday in Egypt after the hotel room next to theirs was sprayed with Lambda, a pesticide meant to kill bedbugs
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Man crossing road dies after being attacked by cow escaped from livestock market
Huw Evans, a 75-year-old retired council worker, had been crossing the road in the centre of Whitland, Carmarthenshire, when an 'extremely agitated' cow attacked him
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'Promising' schoolgirl, 16, dies after GP said headaches were caused by a cold
Isabel Kate Connolly-Wellock , from Lancashire, complained of headaches during a GP appointment and was told she likely had a cold - but tragically died days later
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Mum-of-five on heroin killed herself and another driver in horror crash on A16
Toxicology reports show Mikah Chandler, 45, had a "potentially fatal amount of heroin" when she crashed her boyfriend's BMW into a van driven by Graham Ross, killing them both
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Brit couple die in Egypt after hotel room next door 'fumigated for bedbugs'
John and Susan Cooper, 69 and 63, had been staying at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel, Egypt, when both suddenly fell ill as the room next door was gassed to kill bedbugs
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Fit and healthy woman, 27, dies just hours after routine jaw operation
Laura Broadwell was undergoing surgery at Castle Hill Hospital in East Yorkshire to correct alignment to her teeth and collapsed hours later while going to the toilet
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Brit couple die hours apart after room develops ‘yeasty smell’ on Egypt holiday
John Cooper and his wife Susan were described as 'fit and healthy' before they suddenly suffered from severe diarrhoea and vomiting while enjoying a family break in 2018
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Holidaymaker died after falling from hotel window after desperately needing WC
Oliver Collier-Timpson tragically died while on holiday in Cornwall with his friends in April. He fell from the window of a hotel bathroom and suffered a catastrophic brain injury
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Dad dies on family holiday after getting stuck between bed and wall of caravan
Robert Channelle, 34, was staying at Twitchen House Holiday Park in Woolacombe with his fiancée and their two sons when he was found dead in his caravan - an inquest has revealed the tragic details
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Girl, 3, killed after driver's 'deliberate' decision on motorway led to fireball
Faye Dawson, three, was killed when the car she was in collided with a Porsche driven by Terence Unsworth who had "deliberately" performed a U-turn on the M6 motorway
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Fiancee of ice hockey star killed after throat slashed mid-game had to ID body
Nottingham Panthers star Adam Johnson suffered a catastrophic injury to his throat when colliding with a Sheffield Steelers player's skate blade during a Challenge Cup match
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Mum, 23, who struggled with anorexia found dead in bed weeks after giving birth
Amelia Smith, from Kirkby, died a month after welcoming her daughter Poppy into the world and having battled with an eating disorder for many years, an inquest heard
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Boy, 5, died putting his head into dinosaur balloon to surprise his family
Karlton Donaghey died six days after he was overwhelmed by helium gas from a balloon he was given at a fairground - now a coroner is demanding action from the government to prevent future deaths
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'Bubbly' daughter 'with infectious laugh' found dead at the end of her mum's bed
Chloe Caton, 21, was found dead at the foot of her mum's bed in their home in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. An inquest heard she had been battling anxiety and depression
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Grieving young mum 'saw friends having fun without her' before taking own life
WARNING MENTIONS SUICIDE: "Beautiful" Natalie Cunliffe, a mental health nurse, took her own life after struggling to cope with her elder sister's "incomprehensible" death in 2022
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Grace Spinks 'stalker' harassed eight women before 'stabbing her to death'
Michael Sellers was found dead hours after Gracie Spinks died, having taken his own life, 150 metres away from the field in Duckmanton, Derbyshire, where Ms Spinks had been killed
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Newborn dies after medics don't give him a vital injection despite mum checking
William Moris-Patto passed away from a brain bleed in September 2020 - his death has been ruled as 'neglect' after he wasn't treated correctly at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Mum devastated as daughter, 29, who was told she was okay dies from heart attack
Emma Carrington's daughter Lauren Page Smith, 29, had called 111 for advice when she suffered chest pains and vomiting but died hours after a visit from paramedics
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Tragedy of Thai cave teen who survived but took his life at UK school 5 years on
Duangphet Phromthep, also known as Dom, was among the Thai football team rescued after weeks underground in 2018, but was found unconscious at Brooke House College and later died
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Mum dies with girl, 2, clinging to her after paramedics said she was 'fine'
Lauren Page Smith, 29, had called 111 for advice when she suffered chest pains and vomiting but died hours after a visit from paramedics who performed brief assessments
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Vet said she was 'being followed' before being found dead in hotel with wounds
WARNING DETAILS OF SUICIDE: Ewelina Sasak, 30, who was found with 'extreme' injuries at Staunton Hotel in Bloomsbury after being overcome by 'fear and despair'