Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matt Ratana fought for two hours before dying from a gunshot wound to the chest after being fired upon ‘several times’ by a suspect in handcuffs inside a police station, a coroner was told today. The 54-year-old was shot as he was preparing to search a handcuffed suspect who had managed to … Read more
Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matt Ratana died from a gunshot wound to the chest after being fired upon ‘several times’ by a suspect in handcuffs inside a police station, a coroner was told today at his inquest. The 54-year-old was shot as he was preparing to search a handcuffed suspect who had managed to smuggle a … Read more
The vice president of British Petroleum hanged himself at his £2million home a week after he was made redundant, a coroner heard today. Newly-married Nick Spencer, 61, was found dead at his luxury home where he lived with his wife Eve in Buckinghamshire in April. His inquest heard he spent a decade working for the … Read more
A schoolgirl took her own life when she stepped in front of a train after being teased about a break-up, an inquest heard. Lucy Fagg, 16, had been subjected to name-calling after the breakdown of a relationship before she killed herself at a station in Sturry, near Canterbury in Kent, on March 6. On the … Read more
Family’s Chow Chow-cross Teddy mauled 12-day-old boy to death while mother was on toilet and father was outside with another child, inquest hears Elon, who was just 12-days-old, was mauled to death by the dog in Doncaster Mother Abigail Ellis had been in the bathroom when the Elon was savaged Father Stephen Joynes was playing outside … Read more
The chief executive of Boohoo today told an inquest through tears how he slapped his 20-year-old’s face then did CPR in a desperate bid to revive him after finding him dead in bed following a drugs binge. Louis Butler Lyttle – son of the clothing firm’s boss, John – was found unresponsive in his room … Read more
One of the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing was trying for a baby and had begun choosing baby names, the inquiry has been told. Kelly Brewster, 32, had started making a list of baby names on her phone and had an offer accepted on a new home on the morning of the attack in … Read more
A retired police chief took his own life after he became ‘paranoid and neurotic’ while under coronavirus quarantine to protect his family, an inquest has heard. James Connelly-Webster, 58, was found dead in a chalet at the bottom of his garden in Crackington Haven, Bude on April 1 after self-isolating there when he began to display symptoms … Read more
A retired police chief took his own life after he became ‘paranoid and neurotic’ while under coronavirus quarantine to protect his family, an inquest has heard. James Connelly-Webster, 58, was found dead in a chalet at the bottom of his garden in Crackington Haven, Bude on April 1 after self-isolating there when he began to display symptoms … Read more
Waitress, 19, who became obsessed with how many likes her selfies got on social media hanged herself while on the phone to her best friend Chloe Davison died at her home in Lanchester, County Durham last December She had been on the phone to her best friend Lauren Askew moments earlier Months later health workers called … Read more