Inquests
On this page you'll find the details of upcoming inquests in Shropshire. There may be occasions when it's in the interested person's interest – and the bereaved in particular - to hold the inquest quickly. This site therefore should be checked regularly in case an inquest has been listed at short notice.
Pre-inquest reviews
Pre-inquest reviews are public but there's likely to be a restriction on what can be reported to prevent any prejudice to the subsequent inquest. In appropriate cases the pre-inquest review may proceed to the inquest itself. If the pre-inquest review is by telephone you should arrive ten minutes earlier in case of internal relocation of the review.
25 September 2018
Name: Vera Elsie ROBERTS
From: Oswestry
Age at death: 81
Date of death: 29 November 2017
Location of death: Oswestry
Inquest venue: Telford & Wrekin Registrar office, Wellington
Date of inquest: 25 September 2018 at 9:45am
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
FAST TRACK INQUEST
Name: Robert LEES
From: Telford
Age at death: 73
Date of death: 8 March 2018
Location of death: Royal Stoke University Hospital
Inquest venue: Telford & Wrekin Registrar office, Wellington
Date of inquest: 25 September 2018 at 10am
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
Name: Ryan Stuart HENRY
From: Newport
Age at death: 24
Date of death: 30 June 2018
Location of death: Newport
Inquest venue: Telford & Wrekin Registrar office, Wellington
Date of inquest: 25 September 2018 at 11am
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
Name: Cyril David NEATHWAY
From: Oswestry
Age at death: 91
Date of death: 10 July 2018
Location of death: Oswestry
Inquest venue: Telford & Wrekin Registrar office, Wellington
Date of inquest: 25 September 2018 at 11:30am
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
3 October 2018
Name: Maureen KENNEDY
From: Telford
Age at death: 77
Date of death: 27 June 2018
Location of death: Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 3 October 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Richard Craig ROGERS
From: Wrexham
Age at death: 42
Date of death: 25 July 2018
Location of death: Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 3 October 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
Name: Timothy Leslie MURPHY
From: Shrewsbury
Age at death: 50
Date of death: 12 May 2018
Location of death: Shrewsbury
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 3 October 2018 at 10:30am
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
9 October 2018
Name: Michael John DAVIES
From: Clun
Age at death: 69
Date of death: 4 August 2018
Location of death: Clun
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 9 October 2018 time pending
Heard by: J M Lees, Assistant Coroner
INQUEST - Time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Mary Elizabeth KEAY
From: Market Drayton
Age at death: 93
Date of death: 3 September 2018
Location of death: The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 9 October 2018 time pending
Heard by: J M Lees, Assistant Coroner
INQUEST - time of hearing to be confirmed
11 October 2018
Name: Kathleen Mary YATES
From: Telford
Age at death: 65
Date of death: 23 April 2018
Location of death: Telford
Inquest venue: Telford & Wrekin Registrar office, Wellington
Date of inquest: 11 October 2018 at 9:30am
Heard by: J M Lees, Assistant Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Gareth Peter EDWARDS
From: Telford
Age at death: 35
Date of death: 8 July 2018
Location of death: Telford
Inquest venue: Telford & Wrekin Registrar office, Wellington
Date of inquest: 11 October 2018 time pending
Heard by: J M Lees, Assistant Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
17 October 2018
Name: Alec Arthur PARTON
From: Whitchurch
Age at death: 84
Date of death: 25 February 2018
Location of death: The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 17 October 2018 at 10am
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
24 October 2018
Name: Carol Ann PEARSON
From: Powys
Age at death: 64
Date of death: 17 January 2018
Location of death: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 24 October 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - to be relisted
Name: Gareth Wyn STEPHENS
From: Oswestry
Age at death: 41
Date of death: 19 May 2018
Location of death: Oswestry
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 24 October 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Kenneth David MORRIS
From: Oswestry
Age at death: 62
Date of death: 21 June 2018
Location of death: Oswestry
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 24 October 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Tomos Richard MILLS
From: Oswestry
Age at death: 26
Date of death: 11 July 2018
Location of death: Oswestry
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 24 October 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Daniel Mark HUGHES
From: Llanfyllin, Powys
Age at death: 24
Date of death: 4 June 2017
Location of death: A483, Sweeney, Oswestry
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 24 October 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of hearing to be confirmed
25 October 2018
Name: Diane Vera CREE
From: Telford
Age at death: 49
Date of death: 27 April 2018
Location of death: Telford
Inquest venue: Telford & Wrekin Registrar office, Wellington
Date of inquest: 25 October 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Leon John CONOCHIE
From: Telford
Age at death: 32
Date of death: 20 May 2018
Location of death: Telford
Inquest venue: Telford & Wrekin Registrar office, Wellington
Date of inquest: 25 October 2018 at 10:30am
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST
7 November 2018
Name: Peter Frank CAMPBELL
From: Llansantffraid
Age at death: 63
Date of death: 22 June 2018
Location of death: Ellesmere Road, Whittingto, Oswestry
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 7 November 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Linda Diane CONSTANTINE
From: Oswestry
Age at death: 49
Date of death: 22 July 2018
Location of death: Oswestry
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 7 November 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
13 November 2018
Name: Cheryl Marie GABRIEL-HOOPER
From: Newport
Age at death: 51
Date of death: 26 January 2018
Location of death: Newport
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 13 November 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Nicholas GRIFFETT
From: Shrewsbury
Age at death: 44
Date of death: 16 June 2018
Location of death: Bridgnorth
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 13 November 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Daniel Peter CLEMENTS
From: No Fixed Abode
Age at death: 34
Date of death: 26 June 2018
Location of death: The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 13 November 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Pearl Hillary EDWARDS
From: Ellesmere
Age at death: 74
Date of death: 3 August 2018
Location of death: Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 13 November 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Anne Ellen RECKLESS formerly Anne Eluned DAVIES
From: Bucknell
Age at death: 59
Date of death: 14 August 2018
Location of death: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Inquest venue: Telford & Wrekin Registrar office, Wellington
Date of inquest: 13 November 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
21 November 2018
Name: John James Wilson SALT
From: Telford
Age at death: 81
Date of death: 7 July 2018
Location of death: Faintree
Inquest venue: Telford & Wrekin Registrar office, Wellington
Date of inquest: 21 November 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Sohan LAL
From: Wolverhampton
Age at death: 64
Date of death: 30 July 2018
Location of death: Bridgnorth
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 21 November 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Elaine Esther BROWN
From: Liverpool
Age at death: 69
Date of death: 26 August 2017
Location of death: Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 21 November 2018 at 10am
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
PRE-INQUEST REVIEW - 2 hours
26 November 2018
Name: Declan James DUNNE
From: Market Drayton
Age at death: 27
Date of death: 28 December 2017
Location of death: Princess Royal Hospital
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 26 November 2018 at 10am
Heard by: H Westerman, Assistant Coroner
INQUEST - for 4 days
5 December 2018
Name: Paula Stephanie HIGGS
From: Telford
Age at death: 68
Date of death: 28 August 2018
Location of death: Telford
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 5 December 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time to be confirmed
Name: Victoria ARCHER
From: Shrewsbury
Age at death: 41
Date of death: 6 August 2018
Location of death: Shrewsbury
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 5 December 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Lawrence James VANDYKE
From: Shrewsbury
Age at death: 39
Date of death: 13 August 2018
Location of death: Much Wenlock
Inquest venue: Telford & Wrekin Registrar office, Wellington
Date of inquest: 5 December 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Richard James BRASSINGTON
From: Telford
Age at death: 36
Date of death: 18 August 2018
Location of death: Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 5 December 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Edwin William JONES
From: Shrewsbury
Age at death: 48
Date of death: 9 September 2018
Location of death: Shrewsbury
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 5 December 2018 time pending
Heard by: H Westerman, Assistant Coroner
INQUEST - time of hearing to be confirmed
11 December 2018
Name: Ian PAYNE
From: Kenley, Shropshire
Age at death: 49
Date of death: 3 August 2018
Location of death: Hughley, Shropshire
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 11 December 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Michael Roy SMITH
From: Baschurch
Age at death: 72
Date of death: 27 August 2018
Location of death: The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 11 December 2018 time pending
Heard by: H Westerman, Assistant Coroner
INQUEST - time of hearing to be confirmed
12 December 2018
Name: Paul Johnothan ROGERS
From: Wellington
Age at death: 43
Date of death: 22 June 2018
Location of death: Wellington
Inquest venue: Telford & Wrekin Registrar office, Wellington
Date of inquest: 12 December 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
Name: Michelle BROOKS
From: Rugeley
Age at death: 52
Date of death: 5 August 2018
Location of death: B5062 Shrewsbury Road, Tibberton, Newport, Shropshire
Inquest venue: Telford & Wrekin Registrar office, Wellington
Date of inquest: 12 December 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
18 December 2018
Name: Marc Ian BENNETT
From: Telford
Age at death: 30
Date of death: 21 July 2018
Location of death: The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 18 December 2018 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
INQUEST - time of listing to be confirmed
16 January 2019
Name: Dalian Robert ATKINSON
From: Telford
Age at death: 48
Date of death: 15 August 2016
Location of death: The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
Inquest venue: Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND
Date of inquest: 16 January 2019 time pending
Heard by: J P Ellery, Senior Coroner
16th January 2019 for further review