Last week I was in court in Bradford for the first part of Myles Scriven’s inquest and was therefore unable to report from Nonita’s inquest at North London Coroners Court, but I still wanted to share it with you. Nonita adored animals and was thinking of training to become a vet. She was very creative, […]
The third witness to give evidence on Day 3 was Dr Lynnette Hykin, she gave an affirmation shortly after 14:30. I could only remain for a further hour so that is reported below but unfortunately I was not able to stay to the end of her evidence. Paul had no more questions, so then it […]
After a short break the coroner returned to court and asked Dr Elizabeth Herrieven if she had the means to take the oath or affirmation, and which was her preference. She had the words so the coroner did not need to recite them, and she gave an affirmation. Dr Herrieven was attending court remotely. C: […]
[I was unable to attend on Day 2 and am very grateful to the coroner who granted me remote access to attend on Day 3] Day three of Myles’s inquest started at 10:55 with a discussion about late disclosure from the Dalton Surgery, that had been made overnight. C: Mr Chawatama? SC: Yes, good morning […]
The afternoon of Day 1 of Myles’s inquest started with the coroner calling Dr Hardy to the stand. He gave an affirmation. C: Start with who you are, what your professional discipline is, and where you work? AH: I’m Dr Andrew Hardy, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and I work at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation […]
After a mid morning break court returned shortly before midday and the coroner called Dr Yaqoob Ghumro to the stand. He swore an oath. [Dr Ghumro was relatively quietly spoken and at times I could not hear his answers from the back of the court. As with all my reporting its as accurate as I […]
Paul was asked to come forward, he gave an affirmation and confirmed his name as Paul Scriven and told the court he lived in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. He told the court that he was Myles’s uncle. The coroner started by reading an email onto the record that was known to all the Interested Persons in […]
I was at West Yorkshire Coroners Court in Bradford today for the first day of the final hearing touching on the death of Myles Scriven. The inquest is being heard by Assistant Coroner Crispin Oliver. Myles was 31 when he died in April 2023 at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, which is run by the Calderdale and […]
The Lampard Inquiry is an independent statutory inquiry investigating the deaths of 2,000 mental health inpatients in Essex between 2000 and 2023. The inquiry has had a number of public hearings now, that you can view on the inquiry’s youtube channel. I’ve followed a number of the hearings, dipping in and out, listening to the […]
It’s been an age (4 months) since I’ve blogged and whilst the title of this post doesn’t refer to me (the disappearing bit), it could do. I am still very much doing my open justice crowdfunded work, but as my crowdfunding has dropped off (some people died, some have been hit by the increases in […]