Coroner's Court Diary
Monday 29 December 2025
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 9am
Coroner: John Hobson, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Schedule 1
Name of deceased: Robert John SAPSFORD
Time: 9am
Coroner: John Hobson, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Opening
Name of deceased: Dean Richard SYKES
Time: 9am
Coroner: John Hobson, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: John Adrian CROWTHER
Time: 9am
Coroner: John Hobson, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Francis WINTER
Time: 9am
Coroner: John Hobson, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: John Christopher SUTCLIFFE
Time: 10am
Coroner: John Hobson, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Andrew David COLLEY
Time: 11:30am
Coroner: John Hobson, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: John TOWNSEND
Time: 2pm
Coroner: John Hobson, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Michael Francis HARRAN
Tuesday 30 December 2025
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 9am
Coroner: John Hobson, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Marie CODD
Time: 9am
Coroner: John Hobson, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Ian PATTISON
Time: 10am
Coroner: John Hobson, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Sebastian Miron CIZMAN
Time: 1pm
Coroner: John Hobson, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Kiera Nicole Pepperrell MOLLENTZE
Friday 02 January 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Helena Gallagher, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Trevor Steven Duncan CLARKE
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 1pm
Coroner: Helena Gallagher, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Rebecca Jayne Wendy HARTE
Time: 2:30pm
Coroner: Helena Gallagher, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Jamie JONES
Monday 05 January 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Richard Patrick TURNER
Time: 1pm
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Stanley BELLFIELD
Time: 2:30pm
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Ian Mark COCKS
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 9am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Opening
Name of deceased: Ravinder SINGH
Tuesday 06 January 2026
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Charles Fredrick NEATE
Time: 1pm
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Betty ELLIS
Wednesday 07 January 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Wilfred Alan SCOTT
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Robert Wharton PORTER
Time: 11:30am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Silvius Marian HANC
Time: 1:30pm
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Shaun Hugh Reynolds CAIRNEY
Thursday 08 January 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Alan WRIGHT
Time: 1pm
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Alan Joseph Paul GAYE
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: George BARKER
Friday 09 January 2026
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: George BARKER
Monday 12 January 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Joanne Ellen FOXTON
Tuesday 13 January 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Patricia Ann WESTERMAN
Monday 19 January 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Joshua Jeremy HAINES
Wednesday 21 January 2026
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: John Frederick SMITH
Monday 26 January 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Shane Lavery MERCHANT
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Kamil Adam BINKOWSKI
Tuesday 27 January 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Shane Lavery MERCHANT
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Tony Duane BACON
Wednesday 28 January 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Shane Lavery MERCHANT
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 1pm
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Gavin Cory GERMAN
Thursday 29 January 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Shane Lavery MERCHANT
Friday 30 January 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Shane Lavery MERCHANT
Tuesday 03 February 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Maureen Edna LUMBY
Wednesday 04 February 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Maxine Lisa STEVENSON
Thursday 05 February 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Maxine Lisa STEVENSON
Monday 09 February 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Alexander Ivan MUZYCZKA
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Brian Seymour ANGUS
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Darren POWELL
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Alexander Ivan MUZYCZKA
Wednesday 11 February 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Alexander Ivan MUZYCZKA
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Darren POWELL
Thursday 12 February 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Alexander Ivan MUZYCZKA
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Janine Wolstenholme, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: John HEPWORTH
Friday 13 February 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Alexander Ivan MUZYCZKA
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: David John FANE
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Patrick Anthony REID
Monday 02 March 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Susan Anne DAWSON
Court 2
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Naomi McLoughlin, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Jennifer Rachel CROSTON
Tuesday 03 March 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Susan Anne DAWSON
Monday 16 March 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Alan Joseph WHELAN
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Alan Joseph WHELAN
Wednesday 18 March 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Alan Joseph WHELAN
Thursday 19 March 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Alan Joseph WHELAN
Friday 20 March 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Alan Joseph WHELAN
Monday 23 March 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Marguerita PERKIN
Monday 30 March 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Zyan Andrei DINU
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Zyan Andrei DINU
Tuesday 14 April 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Kien Dinh VUONG
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Kien Dinh VUONG
Thursday 16 April 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Kien Dinh VUONG
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Helena Gallagher, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Ian James BRADLEY
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Helena Gallagher, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Ian James BRADLEY
Thursday 18 June 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Helena Gallagher, Assistant Coroner
Type of hearing: Inquest
Name of deceased: Ian James BRADLEY
Tuesday 23 June 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Steven MULLEN
Wednesday 24 June 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Steven MULLEN
Thursday 25 June 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Steven MULLEN
Friday 26 June 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Steven MULLEN
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Steven MULLEN
Monday 06 July 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Joseph Michael LYNCH
Tuesday 07 July 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Joseph Michael LYNCH
Wednesday 08 July 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Joseph Michael LYNCH
Thursday 09 July 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Joseph Michael LYNCH
Friday 10 July 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Joseph Michael LYNCH
Monday 13 July 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Joseph Michael LYNCH
Tuesday 14 July 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Joseph Michael LYNCH
Wednesday 15 July 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Joseph Michael LYNCH
Thursday 16 July 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Joseph Michael LYNCH
Friday 17 July 2026
Court 1
Time
Coroner
Type of hearing
Name of deceased
Time: 10am
Coroner: Oliver Longstaff, Area Coroner
Type of hearing: Jury Inquest
Name of deceased: Joseph Michael LYNCH