Mia’s Inquest – Mia’s Family Statement

As stated in our pen portrait of our beautiful Meme, we are learning to live with the unimaginable. Mia has left a large size Meme hole in our hearts and lives; we all miss her more and more as each day passes.  Mia was the most beautiful little girl and left an imprint on everyone […]

Mia’s Inquest – The Children’s Trust Statement

I contacted The Children’s Trust to ask if they were making a statement after Mia’s inquest concluded. This is what they sent through, dated 6 August 2024. We were deeply saddened by the death of Mia Gauci Lamport in September 2023. We would like to extend our sincere condolences to Mia’s family. Mia was much […]

Mia’s Inquest – Azri Cairns, The Children’s Trust

Earlier on Day 1 the coroner had read onto the record the statement of Emma Dickerson, a Children’s Support Assistant at The Children’s Trust. After the last in-person witness the coroner said that she would deal with some other matters. C: I know there’s a number of other statements, we have the CQC Report, but […]

Mia’s Inquest – Claire Shiels, The Children’s Trust

The final witness to give live evidence on Day 1 of Mia’s inquest was Ms Claire Shiels. She gave an affirmation and the coroner asked who she is. CS: Claire Shiels, I’m Head of Nursing at The Children’s Trust and also registered manager for regulatory purposes. I started there in 2019, been there 4.5 years, […]

Mia’s Inquest: Laura Yapichi, Children’s Trust

After reading Emma Dickerson’s statement, the Coroner called Laura Yapici to the stand. She gave an affirmation. The coroner thanked her for attending and checks how to pronounce her name. She asks Ms Yapichi to explain who she is and her involvement with Mia. LY: I was a Child Support Assistant with The Children’s Trust. […]

Mia’s Inquest – Dr John O’Connell, The Children’s Trust

The coroner called Dr John O’Connell to the stand after the mid morning break and he swore an oath. The coroner asked him to explain who he was and his qualifications. He told the court he was a consultant paediatrician. He had started as a general paediatrician, had worked for the NHS most of his […]

Day 1 Jessie’s inquest: Andy Seares

The second witness that the court heard from on Day 1 was Jessie’s father, Andy Seares. Andy read his statement to the jury and he was giving evidence for well over an hour. I’ve tried to capture as much as it as I can. He described his professional background and told the court that he […]

St Elizabeths: Is this really positive living and learning?

Last year I discussed St Elizabeth’s for the first time, on Twitter. I’d heard of it over the years, heard some positive things about the school and about people’s epilepsy being brought under control, often for the first time in their lives, but I’ve also heard quite a bit that was less positive. A real […]

Day 10 Gaia Pope Sutherland’s inquest

Today, the tenth day of Gaia’s inquest, the whole day was spent hearing evidence from her aunt, Talia Pope. Her evidence will be finished tomorrow morning, but as I’m unfortunately not available to hear it, I thought I’d blog now. The coroner took Talia through her evidence, and she also played a number of recordings […]