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Princess Anne’s gun dog trainer died from shotgun wound to the head, inquest hears

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Princess Anne’s gun dog trainer died from a shotgun wound to the head after shooting his wife at Boris Johnson’s family estate, an inquest heard yesterday.  John Frederick Zurick was taken to Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital with severe injuries after the incident on February 22.  Paramedics were called to the cottage in Winsford, near Minehead, on … Read more

Dad demands mum attends inquest of their twin babies she drowned and killed on Boxing Day

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The heartbroken father of twin babies drowned by their mother has demanded his killer ex-wife attends their children’s inquest after it was revealed today she is not expected to give evidence. Tragic toddlers Jake and Chloe Ford, both 23-months-old, were killed by their mother Samantha Ford, 38, on Boxing Day 2018 at their home in Margate, … Read more

Boy, 15, jumped to his death moments after phone call to a friend, inquest hears

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A 15-year-old boy jumped to his death at a college after a phone call to a friend he told to ‘make sure you hug your parents’, an inquest heard. On June 3 last year George Brankov gave his girlfriend a box of chocolates on his way to classes at the UTC Media College in Salford, … Read more

‘Dream daughter’, 17, was found dead in her bed by her mother after sepsis, inquest hears 

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Girl, 17, was found dead in her bed by her mother after suffering from sepsis that she had thought was just food poisoning, inquest hears Tina Way, 17, was found dead at her home in Cardiff, Wales on July 20 last year In the days before she died Ms Way had been on holiday at … Read more

Father of brain-damaged baby Midrar Ali calls for inquest into his son’s death

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Father of brain-damaged baby Midrar Ali calls for inquest into his son’s death as boy’s life-support system is switched off after family lost court fight Earlier this year, judges concluded that Midrar Ali was brain-stem dead They ruled that doctors could lawfully stop providing life-support treatment His father Karwan Ali  says his son has now been … Read more

Somali refugee schoolgirl Shukri Yahye-Abdi drowned in River Irwell could not swim inquest hears

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The mother of a Somali refugee who drowned in a river told an inquest today she had never been swimming before her death.   Shukri Yahye-Abdi, 12, was pulled lifeless from the River Irwell near Bury on June 27 last year after her mother reported her missing.  The inquest into her death resumed today at Rochdale … Read more

Teenager who ‘hid emotions so well’ killed himself while his parents were on holiday, inquest hears

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A heartbroken teenager killed himself after his girlfriend broke up with him while his parents who had ‘no idea’ he was suffering were abroad, an inquest heard.   Kieran Froude, 19, was found dead at home near Gosport, Hampshire, on the day he was due to meet his former girlfriend after their four-year relationship ended.  His devastated … Read more