Whether it looks cut or dried is irrelevant.
Death's in police custody, Prison custody, army custody or caused by police claiming they acted in the course of duty have to have a Coroner's Inquest.
If a criminal charge has been made and a verdict reached, the verdict of the inquiry must be in line with the verdict in the Criminal case.

The Coroner's court doesn't hear any evidence that relates to blame, liability or issues of law, only fact. All it does is determine by what means the deceased came to die, when, where and their identity. It simply has to be shown (against the same standards of doubt as in any other court) what happened. It's a good thing and I don't see why it's worthy of note.
(Richard Earl of Cambridge Cruel, Savage, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 13:45, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I knows they have to. I think they should.
I'm on about his missus. See above.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 13:48, Reply)

That was my point
Although it may not have been very well made.

Surely the fact that he was armed, shooting at people, buildings and police at random and not listening to repeated requests to lay down his weapon and give himself up lef the police with little option but to shoot.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 13:54, Reply)

I thought that was what you meant and all
Spar
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 13:56, Reply)

Yes, but you'd hope that the facts would be displayed in public so that we could be assured of that wouldn't you?

(Richard Earl of Cambridge Cruel, Savage, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 13:56, Reply)

OF COURSE I WOULD
I've said this to you about eleventy times now.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 14:02, Reply)

I'm not quite sure why you're replying to all my replies to SpikeyPickle with the same thing.
Perhaps you haven't grasped how the replies system on b3ta works.
(Richard Earl of Cambridge Cruel, Savage, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 14:04, Reply)

Sorry, I did think you were talking to me there
And like I say, i was getting all narky. And now my feet stink a bit.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 14:07, Reply)

I am roota!
I'm not really, I'm just a work and she's usually replied saying pretty much what I would say by time I come back to reply to your questions.

Also, as this chap used to live in our little market town he still has family here. They were in the local press saying how it was a travesty, he wasn't posing a threat to anyone and that shooting him was an over-reaction.

Here the original story link from our local www.macclesfield-express.co.uk/news/s/1048778_barrister_died_in_shootout just in case you're interested
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 14:10, Reply)

I had your back
Even though I hate you, and now you've attempted to steal my identity.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 14:12, Reply)

You know what
If I was married to a barrister and the police shot them in a gunfight I'd be pretty pissed off.

I expect they're probably all covering for each other to the extent that even if they had done something wrong and the CPS decided it wanted to do something about it we'd end up in the same place, with nobody to blame and no investigation other than that demanded by statute, the Coroner's Inquiry, which as well all know, can't assign blame to anyone anyway.

Yeah, I'd be pretty pissed off.
(Richard Earl of Cambridge Cruel, Savage, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 13:55, Reply)

I know perfectly well what they're capable of
And normally I smell a rat, but in this case I don't.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 13:59, Reply)

If I'm being honest
I just wanted to regurgitate as much as I could about Coroner's Inquests so that you'd all think I was clever.
(Richard Earl of Cambridge Cruel, Savage, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 14:03, Reply)

ha, why didn't you say!
I was getting a big cob-on and my feet are all hot now!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 14:05, Reply)

I take it all back
please don't crush me against a wall with a HONDA ACCORD.
(Richard Earl of Cambridge Cruel, Savage, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 14:05, Reply)

I'm not a Honda Accord Warrior!!
I did travel to London in one last month, but that's about it.
Do you have me confuzzled with someone else. And if you say you thought I was a bloke, you'll be the second one today. *sigh*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 14:08, Reply)

Honda accords are passé.
Green minded people now use Hybrid Honda Civics.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 17:12, Reply)

it kind of worked
in spite of myself, and in the face of seeing how much of a grumpy bastard 40 years of criminal law made my dad, I still find it rather hearing about the law from people who work with it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 14:08, Reply)