Gogglebox star George Gilbey had been working on a roof when he fell to his death through a plastic skylight, an inquest in England has heard. The 40-year-old sustained traumatic injuries to his head and torso and died at the scene in Shoeburyness, Essex, on March 27th, the hearing in Chelmsford was told. Essex senior […]
Neglect by Jersey midwives contributed to the death of a one-month-old baby in 2018, a coroner has concluded. Amelia Clyde-Smith suffered “acute and irreversible brain damage” during her birth and died aged 33 days. The inquest concluded on Friday after a five-day hearing at International House, St Helier. Coroner Bridget Dolan KC said “cumulative failures” […]
A “sadistic” killer’s placement in a classroom alongside vulnerable trans teenager Brianna Ghey will be investigated at the inquest into her death, a court has heard. Brianna, 16, was lured to a park by schoolmate Scarlett Jenkinson and her friend Eddie Ratcliffe, both 15 at the time, where she was stabbed 28 times with a […]
Darrell Mesheau, 78, was a father of two and grandfather of one. (Modern Celebrations and Cremations – image credit) No medical staff checked Darrell Mesheau’s vital signs in the roughly two and a half hours before he died waiting for care at the Fredericton hospital’s emergency department, a coroner’s inquest heard Monday. Coroner Peter Kiervin, […]
A young British man who took his own life after fighting in Ukraine went to the country after former prime minister Liz Truss claimed anyone who did so would be joining a “battle for democracy”, his family said. Harry Gregg was 23 and had no formal military training other than a spell in the Army […]
Thomas Kingston, the husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor, died from a gunshot wound to the head, a coroner has revealed. Mr Kingston, 45, took his own life at his parents’ home in a Cotswold village on Sunday. Katy Skerrett, senior coroner for Gloucestershire, said the financier, the son-in-law of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, […]
A computer programmer who died after eating a slice of a pizza he ordered via the Deliveroo app did not contact the restaurant to tell them he had a peanut allergy, an inquest heard. James Atkinson, 23, and two flat-mates ordered three chicken tikka masala pizzas, chips and assorted Indian dishes on his phone from […]