The court heard from four witnesses in person on Day 1 of Mia’s inquest, on Tuesday 30 July. The first witness was Lou Richer. She told the court that she is the Head of Children’s Specialist Safeguarding for Bracknell Forest Council and that she’d worked in the Specialist Support Service for 10.5 years and known […]
I’ve been reporting from coroner’s courts for almost a decade now, and it is very rare to see more than a couple of journalists in attendance. Walking into Surrey Coroner’s Court yesterday there were lots of people, including numerous members of the media. However, when I was asked to sign the media list, I was […]
Yesterday I was at Surrey Coroner’s Court for the first day of Mia’s inquest. Mia was 16 when she died, last September, at the Children’s Trust in Tadworth. I will report the evidence we heard in court once the inquest concludes this afternoon, but for now am sharing the pen portrait that her sister, Paige, […]