IAN TOMLINSON INQUEST – CORONER SUMMING UP TODAY AND ALLOWING THE JURY TO CONSIDER UNLAWFUL KILLING VERDICT
Judge Peter Thornton QC, sitting as HM Assistant Deputy Coroner for the City of London, is today summing up in the inquest into the death of 47 year old Ian Tomlinson. The coroner has announced that he will allow the jury to consider a verdict of unlawful killing. Other possible verdicts he will allow are misadventure; natural causes; or an open verdict.
The jury is expected to deliver its verdict next week, on or after Tuesday 3 of May, the next day the court sits.
Notes to editors:
INQUEST has been working with Ian Tomlinson’s family and their lawyers since his death.
Ian Tomlinson Inquest- Coroner Summing Up Today And Allowing The Jury To Consider Unlawful Killing Verdict
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IAN TOMLINSON INQUEST – CORONER SUMMING UP TODAY AND ALLOWING THE JURY TO CONSIDER UNLAWFUL KILLING VERDICT
Judge Peter Thornton QC, sitting as HM Assistant Deputy Coroner for the City of London, is today summing up in the inquest into the death of 47 year old Ian Tomlinson. The coroner has announced that he will allow the jury to consider a verdict of unlawful killing. Other possible verdicts he will allow are misadventure; natural causes; or an open verdict.
The jury is expected to deliver its verdict next week, on or after Tuesday 3 of May, the next day the court sits.
Notes to editors:
INQUEST has been working with Ian Tomlinson’s family and their lawyers since his death.
Further Information
INQUEST’s briefing on the death of Ian Tomlinson
Ian Tomlinson Family Campaign
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