Ex-youth football coach killed himself before sex abuse trial, coroner rules
A former youth football coach and scout whose car crashed into a tree on the day he was due to go on trial on historical sex abuse charges took his
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Tag: Serious / Significant Case Review / Inquest
Mental health trust probe ‘untoward incident’ which led to death of musician’s daughter
A mental health trust is carrying out a “sudden untoward incident” inquiry following the death of the daughter of trip hop star Tricky, a coroner has heard. Mina Topley-Bird died
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Care home ‘doctor’ accused over inquest evidence given more time to reconsider plea
The sentencing of a “doctor” who admitted failing to give evidence to the inquest of a mentally ill teenager has been adjourned as he “seeks further legal advice in relation
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Inquest hears how 94-year-old man asked family to help him take his own life
A 94-year-old man enlisted the help of his family to take his own life, an inquest heard. Ralph Snell died “peacefully” at his home in Lymington, Hampshire, in January this
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Care home manager could face jail for failing to give evidence to inquest
A “doctor” who managed a “chaotic” psychiatric care home before a teenager killed herself has admitted failing to give evidence to her inquest, in what is said to be a
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Home Office fails in bid to challenge terms of investigation at immigration centre
The Home Office has failed in a bid to challenge a High Court ruling over the terms of an investigation into alleged abuse at a scandal-hit immigration detention centre. Two
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Government ‘ignoring’ calls to change funding at inquests, campaigners claim
Widespread calls for change to legal aid funding for inquests are being “ignored” by Government, campaigners have claimed. Cuts to legal aid funding in civil cases have made it harder
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Under-fire police force not effectively managing children at risk, report finds
An under-fire police force is still not effectively managing children at risk, a report has concluded. Northamptonshire Police were told there were a number of areas to improve in child
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Suicide of 17-year-old-girl in care could have been prevented, report says
An investigation into how a 17-year-old girl became the first child in more than 20 years to take her life in a secure children’s home has concluded that her death
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Blood scandal inquiry judge hails ‘dignity, courage and resilience’ of witnesses
Witnesses who have been “infected and affected” by the contaminated scandal have shown “impressive dignity, courage and resilience”, the inquiry chair has said. At the conclusion of the two-week hearing
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