Plunge-Dad Coroner Wrong On Law, High Court Rules ; Unlawful-Killing Verdict May Be Overturned

Western MailApril 02, 2009

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A CORONER'S verdict on a boy whose father pushed him to his death from a hotel balcony was flawed by a "really quite serious error of law", a High Court judge said yesterday.

Avon coroner Paul Forrest found that former tiler John Hogan "unlawfully killed" six-year-old Liam as a holiday attempt on Crete to salvage his marriage went disastrously wrong.

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Plunge-Dad Coroner Wrong On Law, High Court Rules ; Unlawful-Killing Verdict May Be Overturned

Yesterday, Sir Anthony May, sitting with Mrs Justice Dobbs, said of Mr Forrest's conduct of the inquest: "The question of [Mr Hogan...

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