The second day of David’s inquest started with a discussion about timetabling, continuing from a similar discussion at close of play the day yesterday. The coroner seemed optimistic that he would be able to conclude today. The coroner explained we’d moved to a bigger court room to enable one of the expert witnesses to join […]
The final witness on Day 1 of David’s inquest was Dr James Bailey. The coroner had already indicated that he struggled to see what he could ask of this witness and that his two page statement, dated 8 February 2023, was quite self-explanatory. So it was straight to Ms Bartlam for questions from David’s family. […]
The first person to give live evidence at David’s inquest, on Day 1, was Dr Fraser Young who is an Emergency Medicine Consultant at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. [This evidence was given yesterday but I’ve only managed to report it now due to the fact there is only one of me, and a […]
The final read statement at David’s inquest was that of PC Gareth Bielby of Humberside Police. The coroner’s officer flagged there was a typo in his statement that referred to David as Keri’s sister and asked whether the coroner wished her to correct it as she read it onto the record, he did. PC Bielby […]
The next statement to be read onto the record was that of Emma Brindley, one of the paramedics who attended David. She told the court on 12 January 2022 she was working a 2pm to midnight shift as a Paramedic, with a Paramedic Emergency Care Assistant and a Student Paramedic. They were a crew from […]
Following the mid-morning break, the Coroner’s Officer returned to the witness stand to continue reading evidence onto the record. She read the statement of Dr Jorge Milazzo of Newland Health Centre. He told the court that David had been registered at their practice since 1982. “I became his main General Practitioner in 2018 and when […]
The coroner said that next we would move onto the two statements made by David’s sister, Keri. His coroner’s officer read them onto the record. The first statement was a short identification statement that said: On the 12th January 2022 David was admitted to Hull Royal Infirmary, Anlaby Road, Kingston Upon Hull. I was with […]
The first evidence the coroner, Edward Steele, heard in David’s inquest was the evidence of the Consultant Histopathologist, Dr Justin Cooke. The coroner said at A1 in the bundle there was a covering letter in which Dr Cooke set out his opinion that David died from 1a) bilateral pneumonia. The coroner said in the body […]
Day 1 of David’s inquest took place today, Thursday 7 November, in Hull Coroner’s Court, with Assistant Coroner Edward Steele presiding. There are two sets of Interested Persons. David’s family are represented by Ciara Bartlam from Garden Court North, instructed by Dawn Makepeace of Watson Woodhouse Solicitors. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are represented […]
It’s over 2.5 years since David died, in the Acute Assessment Unit at Hull Royal Infirmary (run by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) in mid January 2022. David turned 40 five weeks before he died. He had lived in Hull, in his family home his whole life. David was the middle of three children, […]