On Monday, Morgan Betchley’s inquest will open in Horsham. Coroner Lisa Milner is sitting with a jury, and Morgan’s inquest is expected to last 10 days. Morgan was just 19 when she died in March last year, whilst an inpatient at Meadowfield Hospital in Worthing, which is run by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. I […]
The final witness to give evidence on Day 2 of David’s inquest was Dr Andrew Breen who was appointed by the court to give an expert opinion in relation to Intensive Care Medicine. Ms Lyle did suggest that Dr Breen should not be heard, as he was unlikely to be able to finish his evidence, […]
After lunch on Day 2 of David’s inquest the coroner confirmed that the inquest would not be concluding today as time would not allow to hear from the two remaining witnesses, the court experts, and for the coroner to sum up and conclude. The final hearing of the inquest will take place on Friday 20 […]
The first witness to give live evidence on Day 2 of David’s inquest was Dr Laura Chase. She gave an affirmation. She told the court that she’s currently employed in Hull as a Consultant in Internal Medicine and Renal Medicine although at the time of providing her statement she was a Specialist Registrar in her […]
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 […]