Inquests are heard at HM Coroner's Courts, City Hall, Plater Way, Sunderland by His Majesty’s Senior Coroner Derek Winter DL, unless otherwise stated.
By virtue of section 9C Coroners and Justice Act 2009 some Inquests may be dealt with in writing (i.e. without a hearing in court) unless representations are made by email to coroner@sunderland.gov.uk no later than midday the day before the date shown in the list.
HM Senior Coroner may permit remote participation and/or observation in which case the warnings referred to in the Chief Coroner’s Guidance No. 42 on Remote Hearings will apply. Practice Guidance on Remote Observation of Hearings issued by the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary can be found here.
Attendance at Sunderland Coroner’s Court is assisted by volunteers from the Coroners' Courts Support Service. Please visit https://coronerscourtssupportservice.org.uk/ for further information or call 0300 111 2141 for their telephone support service.
If you have any queries about listings, please email coroner@sunderland.gov.uk.
Hearing Date | Time | Inquest held | Type of Inquest Hearing | Name of Deceased | Age | Date of Death | Place of Death | Coroner's Officer |
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Thursday 23rd May 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Opening – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Allen Adeyemi Tejan | 40 years | 25/04/2024 | Sunderland | Alison Leonard |
Thursday 23rd May 2024 | 10:15 | in Court 1 | Opening – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Ryan Joe Hughes | 37 years | 12/05/2024 | Houghton le Spring | Vicky Ross |
Thursday 23rd May 2024 | 10:30 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Mia Leoni Marsh | 17 years | 03/12/2022 | Sunderland | Andrew Weighill |
Thursday 23rd May 2024 | 11:15 | in Court 1 | Opening – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Lorraine Ross | 52 years | 21/03/2024 | Sunderland | Alison Leonard |
Thursday 23rd May 2024 | 11:30 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | James Henry Broadbent | 80 years | 15/05/2024 | Hospital Sunderland | Alison Leonard |
Friday 24th May 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Susan Rowell | 71 Years | 14/05/2023 | Hospital, Sunderland | Lily Hunter |
Friday 24th May 2024 | 13:30 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | John Paul Hurst | 49 years | 15/09/2021 | Hawthorn, County Durham | Alison Leonard |
Wednesday 29th May 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Ian Christopher Wake | 62 | 25/03/2023 | Hospital, Sunderland | Jessica Lee |
Thursday 30th May 2024 | 10:30 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Karl Robert John Reid | 58 years | 22/04/2024 | Sunderland | Alison Leonard |
Thursday 30th May 2024 | 11:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | John William Henderson (Provisional) | 84 years | 25/04/2022 | Hospital, Sunderland | Andrew Weighill |
Thursday 30th May 2024 | 12:30 | in Court 1 | Opening – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Melissa Eastick | 36 years | 17/10/2023 | Sunderland | Alison Leonard |
Thursday 30th May 2024 | 14:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Daniel Howie | 29 | 25/12/2023 | Sunderland | Jessica Lee |
Thursday 6th June 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Day 1 - Robert Willing | 79 years | 15/09/2023 | Sunderland, Tyne and Wear | Lily Hunter |
Friday 7th June 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Day 2 - Robert Willing | 79 years | 15/09/2023 | Sunderland, Tyne and Wear | Lily Hunter |
Tuesday 11th June 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Jane Margaret Stevens | 53 | 10/08/2022 | Hospital, Leicester | Jessica Lee |
Wednesday 12th June 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Jane Margaret Stevens | 53 | 10/08/2022 | Hospital, Leicester | Jessica Lee |
Thursday 13th June 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Leighton Colin Mileson | 20 Years | 01/03/2024 | Hospital, Newcastle | Lily Hunter |
Thursday 13th June 2024 | 10:30 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | William Albert Armstrong | 97 Years | 25/03/2024 | Hospital, Sunderland | Lily Hunter |
Wednesday 26th June 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Pamela Laverick | 68 years | 22/07/2023 | Hospital, Sunderland | Vicky Ross |
Wednesday 26th June 2024 | 13:45 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Yvonne Robson | 79 years | 01/05/2024 | Hospital, Sunderland | Lily Hunter |
Wednesday 26th June 2024 | 14:00 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | John Weirs Telford | 92 | 06/02/2024 | Hetton Le Hole | Jessica Lee |
Wednesday 26th June 2024 | 14:30 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Monika Maria Lewandowska | 47 years | 23/06/2022 | Hospital Sunderland | Alison Leonard |
Wednesday 26th June 2024 | 15:00 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Sheena Catherine Massey | 58 | 12/03/2024 | Hospital, Sunderland | Jessica Lee |
Thursday 27th June 2024 | 14:00 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Djanny Wele Ngambe | 27 | 23/01/2024 | Sunderland | Jessica Lee |
Thursday 27th June 2024 | 15:15 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Patricia Anne Budd | 63 years | 19/10/2023 | Sunderland | Jessica Lee |
Wednesday 3rd July 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Ian Boggan - Day 1 | 56 Yrs | 29/10/2023 | Hospital, Sunderland | Andrew Weighill |
Thursday 4th July 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Ian Boggan - Day 2 | 56 Yrs | 29/10/2023 | Hospital, Sunderland | Andrew Weighill |
Wednesday 10th July 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Olivia Peony Ridley | 0 days | 20/07/2023 | Hospital Sunderland | Alison Leonard |
Wednesday 10th July 2024 | 12:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Daniel Ward | 33 years | 13/04/2024 | Sunderland, Tyne and Wear | Lily Hunter |
Wednesday 17th July 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Dominic Craig Middlemas | 23 years | 12/07/2022 | Hospital Sunderland | Alison Leonard |
Wednesday 17th July 2024 | 11:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Michael John Hogan | 54 years | 03/03/2024 | Hospital, Sunderland | Vicky Ross |
Wednesday 17th July 2024 | 11:30 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Ian Peter Langley | 54 years | 03/10/2023 | Hospital, Newcastle | Vicky Ross |
Thursday 18th July 2024 | 14:00 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Joel Kenneth Ineson | 55 years | 01/06/2023 | Houghton le Spring | Jessica Lee |
Wednesday 24th July 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Shane Luke Melnyczuk | 28 years | 16/04/2024 | Sunderland | Vicky Ross |
Thursday 1st August 2024 | 10:30 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Norma Greenfield | 85 Yrs | 07/03/2024 | Hospital, Sunderland | Andrew Weighill |
Thursday 15th August 2024 | 11:00 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Paul Bushby Gray | 71 yrs | 16/06/2023 | Hospital, Sunderland | Andrew Weighill |
Thursday 5th September 2024 | 11:30 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Darren Christian McGuinness | 50 Yrs | 08/04/2024 | Sunderland | Andrew Weighill |
Thursday 5th September 2024 | 12:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Owen Haley | 59 Yrs | 13/04/2024 | Sunderland | Andrew Weighill |
Wednesday 18th September 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Judith Crompton | 63 years | 25/05/2023 | Hospital, Sunderland | Jessica Lee |
Wednesday 18th September 2024 | 10:45 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Trevor James Appleton | 72 yrs | 08/01/2024 | Hospital, Sunderland | Andrew Weighill |
Wednesday 18th September 2024 | 12:00 | in Court 1 | Opening – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Shaun Sydney Gibbon | 55 yrs | 16/01/2024 | Houghton le Spring | Andrew Weighill |
Thursday 19th September 2024 | 11:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Stephen Howe | 30 years | 23/06/2023 | Hospital, Newcastle | Lily Hunter |
Wednesday 25th September 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Opening – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Gary Bunting | 56 yrs | 01/05/2024 | Hospital, Sunderland | Andrew Weighill |
Thursday 3rd October 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Day 1 - Brian Merrigan | 85 years | 09/06/2023 | Hospital, Sunderland | Lily Hunter |
Friday 4th October 2024 | 12:00 | in Court 1 | Final - to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Day 2 - Brian Merrigan | 85 years | 09/06/2023 | Hospital, Sunderland | Lily Hunter |
Thursday 10th October 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner David Place | Ali Reza Ghaiser (PIR) prov | 48 years | 31/07/2022 | Sunderland | Alison Leonard |
Friday 22nd November 2024 | 10:00 | in Court 1 | Pre Inquest Review – to be heard by His Majesty's Assistant Coroner Karin Welsh | Lois Davidson | 27 years | 03/10/2020 | Washington | Jessica Lee |