Averil Hart, 19, (pictured) started her first term at the University of East Anglia in September 2012 The death of a teenage university student with anorexia could have been avoided and was contributed to by neglect, an inquest has concluded. Averil Hart, 19, who was a black belt in karate and academically gifted, started her … Read more
Former motorcycling champion Sean Emmett lied about the moments before his wife’s fatal fall from a Dubai hotel window, a coroner has found. Surrey coroner Alison Hewitt said it was impossible to know what happened in the nine minutes before Abigail Elson plunged to her death but added Emmett’s account was ‘inconsistent’ and ‘unreliable’. It … Read more
The grieving family of a cameraman who was killed during a fatal stunt on the set of a joint BBC and Netflix drama said he died needlessly. Mark Milsome, from -on-Wye, Wales, was killed when a Land Rover ploughed into him during the shoot in Achimota Forest outside Accra in Ghana in November 2017. The night-time stunt … Read more
A coroner has called for a Home Office review into the sale of a ‘lethal compound’ marketed as diet pills that killed a 21-year-old man who consumed them. An inquest heard Vaidotas Gerbutavicius told his father he feared he would be ‘dead within an hour’ and that he felt a ‘burning sensation’ after ingesting several … Read more
A Conservative campaigner who was found dead at the foot of cliffs last year took her own life, an inquest has ruled. Jade Smith, 21, became well-known after featuring on BBC‘s Mighty Redcar programme, campaigning for the Conservative party and talking about her ‘I love Boris Johnson‘ leg tattoo. Jade, from Redcar, was found dead … Read more
Missing footage, a mysterious argument and a silent billionaire: Fresh twist in death of Australian model, 20 who died ‘tangled in a rope’ on a superyacht in Greece Coroner admit questions still surround death of Sinead McNamara in 2018 Ms McNamara was found hanging on Mayan Queen IV, in the Greek islands Footage was reportedly … Read more
Iron Age gold ring and Medieval silver brooch featuring two flag-bearing centaurs discovered by metal detectorists in Shropshire are declared ‘treasure’ in first inquest held over video link The items were found by detectorists Mark Lambert and Christopher Mussell The brooch — which features two centaurs — dates back to 1200–1300 AD From 400–200 BC, the ring meanwhile … Read more