Family members were in tears during the hearing at Cheshire Coroner’s Court as Coroner Jacqueline Devonish announced that she found Lucy Harrison died due to unlawful killing on the grounds of gross negligence manslaughter.
The coroner said: "To shoot her through the chest whilst she was standing would have required him to have been pointing the gun at his daughter, without checking for bullets, and pulling the trigger.
When called to court to testify coroners do absolutely give their opinion about the deaths.
Also reminds me of Gary Webb’s coronor saying there is a “distinct possibility” that someone could shoot themselves twice in the head. And he wasn’t even in court
I don’t understand what this is intended to prove?
Coroners can have opinions but @[email protected] is correct they don’t determine whether its lawful or not… that is literally the point of the court case.
Yeah, still. Coroner determines cause of death and manner of death. Not what the charges are.
This is a statement from a court case though.
When called to court to testify coroners do absolutely give their opinion about the deaths.
Also reminds me of Gary Webb’s coronor saying there is a “distinct possibility” that someone could shoot themselves twice in the head. And he wasn’t even in court
An opinion is not the same as an official determination.
I don’t understand what this is intended to prove?
Coroners can have opinions but @[email protected] is correct they don’t determine whether its lawful or not… that is literally the point of the court case.