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1 day agoCoroner cannot be satisfied' that Ricky Hatton intended to take his own life
Ricky Hatton's death was ruled as hanging, but the coroner found no evidence he intended to take his own life.
A teenage footballer who died after collapsing during a match was not given CPR because a 999 call handler and those present did not recognise the signs of a cardiac arrest, a coroner has found. Adam Ankers, 17, was playing for the Wycombe Wanderers' Foundation Under-19 team on 31 January 2024 when, towards the end of the second half, he shouted 'my chest is tight' before falling unconscious.
She said, You got a gun?' I said, yes, I got it out and it just went off and she stood there like, as I pulled it out, it went off, Harrison told police last year in the footage, which was released by the Cheshire Coroner's Court. I put it on the bed straight away, he added. It was in the bedside cabinet. In a locked box. And we took it out to look and just as I picked it up, it went off.
A coroner has formally opened inquests into the deaths of five newborn babies Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering. In a 20-minute hearing at Cheshire coroner's court, the senior coroner Jacqueline Devonish heard brief details of the deaths before adjourning proceedings until September. DI Darren Reid of the coroner's office, said an inquest was requested into the deaths of babies known as C, E, I, O and P as there was reason to suspect an unnatural death at the Countess of Chester hospital.
One of six gunshots fired by an armed garda at George Nkencho which struck him in the back proved fatal, according to the State pathologist who carried out a postmortem on his body.
The Faqiri family demands an apology from the Ontario government for Soleiman's death and action on the 57 recommendations from a 2023 coroner's inquest.