Deaths reported to a coroner
View deaths referred to the Coroner, inquest hearings and conclusions
The role of the Coroner is to investigate and record the causes and circumstances of all sudden deaths where the cause is:
- Not known or
- Violent or
- Unnatural or
- Occurred when the deceased was in custody
The Coroner is an independent judicial officer.
Herefordshire Coroner's Service
The Herefordshire Coroner is HG Mark Bricknell.
The Assistant Coroner is Roland JT Wooderson.
They are supported by:
Coroner's Clerk
- Administrative support is available on email coroners@herefordshire.gov.uk or telephone 01432 261813.
Administrative support is available to the public during the following hours:
Monday to Friday 8.30am - 12.30pm
Maggie Oliver - Coroner's Officer
- Telephone 01432 347178, email margaret.oliver@westmercia.police.uk
Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm
Sarah Sentinella - Coroner's Officer
- Telephone 01432 347351, email sarah.sentinella@westmercia.police.uk
Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm
The postal address is Coroner's Office, Town Hall, St Owen Street, Hereford HR1 2PJ
Outside the hours set out above, any sudden violent or unexpected deaths may be reported through any police officer.
About the Coroner
The Herefordshire Coroner sits at the Town Hall, Hereford.
He considers deaths in Herefordshire that are reported to him. Of the 2,000 or so deaths in the county each year approximately half are referred to the Coroner for consideration, some will necessitate a post mortem.
Of the cases referred, the Coroner will typically open an inquest in 100+ cases each year.
Some inquests proceed on the basis of evidence read by the Coroner. Interested parties may seek disclosure of the evidence prior to the inquest and/or request the Coroner give consideration to the person providing the evidence attending in person.
The Coroner endeavours to establish how the deceased died. Often this will be useful in understanding whether safe procedures or practices have been followed or can be improved.
The Coroner meets regularly with representatives from business, the police and hospitals to discuss ways in which deaths can be prevented or their number reduced, frequently using the knowledge gained from the inquest process. This leads to the adoption of new practices both within organisations and in our daily lives.
The Coroner, therefore, while endeavouring to provide a compassionate service for the bereaved, very much exists for the benefit of the living.
For more information on the role of a coroner and what to expect during a coroner's investigation, see the Ministry of Justice Guide to Coroner Services (pdf).
Deaths referred to the Coroner, inquest hearings and conclusions
Details of deaths referred to the Coroner, inquest hearings and conclusions are listed below.
Inquests may be listed at short notice and may not always appear on this page. If you are expecting an inquest to be listed and it does not appear please telephone or email the Coroner's office using the contact details above.
Opening of inquests and investigations in the current and previous month
Date | Venue | Name of deceased | Age at death | Hearing type |
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1 March 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | John Michael Shepherd | 82 years | Investigation |
1 March 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Kallum Lewis Wilkes | 18 years | Inquest |
6 March 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Gregory Brian Pipe | 71 years | Investigation |
6 March 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Brian Leslie Rose | 77 years | Investigation |
11 March 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | David John Stanley Godfrey | 69 years | Inquest |
14 March 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Colin David Murch | 87 years | Inquest |
18 March 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Caroline Anne Staite | 51 years | Inquest |
18 March 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Tomasz Kosiedowski | 29 years | Inquest |
18 March 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Marlene Rosemary Barratt | 85 years | Inquest |
20 March 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Adam Wayne Craddock | 50 years | Investigation |
22 March 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Janet Ann James | 91 years | Inquest |
27 March 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Thelma Smith | 92 years | Inquest |
27 March 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Deborah Helen Brookes | 59 years | Inquest |
3 April 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Martin George Jones | 80 years | Inquest |
8 April 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Richard Charles Cooper | 92 years | Inquest |
8 April 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Reginald Thomas Cole | 91 years | Investigation |
17 April 2024 | Town Hall, Hereford | Terence David Makepeace | 81 years | Inquest |
Inquest and pre-inquest review hearings
All inquests will be held before a coroner sitting alone unless identified as before a jury.
Date | Time | Venue | Name of deceased | Age at death | Place of death | Coroner |
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22 April 2024 | 10am | Town Hall, Hereford | Paul Jenkins | 77 years | St Michael’s Hospice, Hereford | RJ Wooderson |
26 April 2024 | 10.30am | Town Hall, Hereford | Glenys Deane | 69 years | Royal Stoke University Hospital | HG Mark Bricknell |
26 April 2024 | 11.15am | Town Hall, Hereford | Thomas Huffer Phillips | 82 years | Ledbury | HG Mark Bricknell |
26 April 2024 | 12.30pm | Town Hall, Hereford | Molly Louise Clark | 22 years | County Hospital, Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
1 May 2024 | 10am | Town Hall, Hereford | Carol Ann Helen Teague | 65 years | County Hospital, Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
8 May 2024 | 10am | Town Hall, Hereford | Gillian Catley | 84 years | County Hospital, Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
10 May 2024 | 11am | Town Hall, Hereford | Anthony William Browne | 84 years | County Hospital, Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
10 May 2024 | 11.45am | Town Hall, Hereford | Nicola Suzanne Pawsey | 57 years | Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham | HG Mark Bricknell |
10 May 2024 | 12.30pm | Town Hall, Hereford | Joyce Lovain Barnett | 86 years | Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
13 May 2024 | 12.30pm | Town Hall, Hereford | Melanie Lindsay | 66 years | Herefordshire | HG Mark Bricknell |
15 May 2024 | 10am | Town Hall, Hereford | Olga Jean Griffiths | 92 years | County Hospital, Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
15 May 2024 | 10.45am | Town Hall, Hereford | Gail Louise Perks | 53 years | County Hospital, Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
15 May 2024 | 12pm | Town Hall, Hereford | Alan Beasley | 96 years | Leominster | HG Mark Bricknell |
15 May 2024 | 12pm | Town Hall, Hereford | Jacqueline Beasley | 87 years | Leominster | HG Mark Bricknell |
17 May 2024 | 10am | Town Hall, Hereford | Jamie Kietisak Ainsley | 29 years | Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
17 May 2024 | 11.45am | Town Hall, Hereford | Cecelia May Arlett | 87 years | County Hospital, Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
17 May 2024 | 12.30pm | Town Hall, Hereford | Colin David Murch | 87 years | County Hospital, Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
5 June 2024 | 10am | Town Hall, Hereford | Margaret Kathleen Conway Robinson | 86 years | County Hospital, Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
12 June 2024 | 10am | Town Hall, Hereford | Nicola Jane Lacey | 55 years | Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
17 June 2024 | 10am | Town Hall, Hereford | Dominic Twaites | 25 years | Stockholm, Sweden | HG Mark Bricknell |
17 June 2024 | 11.30am | Town Hall, Hereford | Town Hall, Hereford | 25 years | County Hospital, Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
19 June 2024 | 10am | Town Hall, Hereford | Martyn Clive Maber | 54 years | Hereford | HG Mark Bricknell |
21 June 2024 | 11am | Town Hall, Hereford | Geoffrey Roy Edwards | 79 years | Bromyard | HG Mark Bricknell |
10 July 2024 | 10am | Town Hall, Hereford | Michelle Elizabeth Brookes | 34 years | Ledbury | HG Mark Bricknell |
Recent deaths referred to the Coroner
Date referred | Name | Date of death |
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1 March 2024 | Rosemary Ferris | 24 February 2024 |
2 March 2024 | Charles Edward Caldwell | 2 March 2024 |
3 March 2024 | Jeremy Shaun Proctor | 3 March 2024 |
4 March 2024 | John Potter | 1 March 2024 |
5 March 2024 | John Crowe | 1 March 2024 |
5 March 2024 | Andrew Pugh | 3 March 2024 |
6 March 2024 | Doreen Hackett | 5 March 2024 |
7 March 2024 | Barbara Coull | 3 March 2024 |
8 March 2024 | Myra Lea | 3 March 2024 |
8 March 2024 | Gilbert James Powell | 6 March 2024 |
8 March 2024 | Peter Spearpoint | 3 March 2024 |
9 March 2024 | Ian Madden Wilson | 9 March 2024 |
10 March 2024 | Margaret Elizabeth Bailey | 10 March 2024 |
13 March 2024 | Margaret Anne Flanighan | 10 March 2024 |
13 March 2024 | Christopher Ronald Neaves | 13 March 2024 |
13 March 2024 | David John Gammond | 13 March 2024 |
14 March 2024 | Marie Edna Ramsay | 10 March 2024 |
15 March 2024 | Llewellyn Price | 9 March 2024 |
15 March 2024 | Rosemary Webley | 13 March 2024 |
15 March 2024 | Edward Clifforth | 13 March 2024 |
15 March 2024 | John Phillips | 14 March 2024 |
18 March 2024 | Frances Vivien Blanche Workman | 15 March 2024 |
18 March 2024 | Michael Stewart Evans | 16 March 2024 |
18 March 2024 | Bertram James Harris | 18 March 2024 |
18 March 2024 | Judith Horton | 18 March 2024 |
19 March 2024 | Terence John Keane | 14 March 2024 |
19 March 2024 | Susan Berrow | 19 March 2024 |
19 March 2024 | Hazel Mary Jones | 19 March 2024 |
21 March 2024 | Susan Jane Meredith | 16 March 2024 |
21 March 2024 | Frederick Dowle | 19 March 2024 |
22 March 2024 | Gary Harris | 16 March 2024 |
25 March 2024 | Gerald Morris | 19 March 2024 |
25 March 2024 | Michael Lane | 22 March 2024 |
26 March 2024 | Elizabeth Mary Jarvis | 25 March 2024 |
27 March 2024 | Percival Priday | 22 March 2024 |
27 March 2024 | Peter McColl | 21 March 2024 |
27 March 2024 | Valerie Martin | 23 March 2024 |
28 March 2024 | Rex Pontin | 26 March 2024 |
2 April 2024 | Barrie Downing | 28 March 2024 |
2 April 2024 | Estyn Bufton | 28 March 2024 |
2 April 2024 | Lesley Thomas | 29 March 2024 |
2 April 2024 | George Edward Biddle | 1 April 2024 |
2 April 2024 | Wayne Newman | 1 April 2024 |
2 April 2024 | Michael Minton | 2 April 2024 |
3 April 2024 | Andrew Charles George Evans | 3 April 2024 |
4 April 2024 | Jean White | 26 March 2024 |
4 April 2024 | Elaine Cooper | 1 April 2024 |
4 April 2024 | Martin John Oliver | 3 April 2024 |
5 April 2024 | Christine Partridge | 2 April 2024 |
5 April 2024 | David Jones | 2 April 2024 |
8 April 2024 | Barbara Hartland | 28 March 2024 |
8 April 2024 | Ann Parker | 5 April 2024 |
9 April 2024 | Bryan Savage | 2 April 2024 |
9 April 2024 | Janet Davies | 1 April 2024 |
10 April 2024 | Alan Baldwin | 8 April 2024 |
11 April 2024 | Susan Pugh | 5 April 2024 |
12 April 2024 | George Austin | 28 March 2024 |
12 April 2024 | Jean Bennett | 5 April 2024 |
12 April 2024 | Muriel Davies | 6 April 2024 |
12 April 2024 | Roy Davies | 30 March 2024 |
12 April 2024 | Felicity Gibbons | 10 April 2024 |
15 April 2024 | Michelle Lusty | 12 April 2024 |
16 April 2024 | Pauline Jenkins | 10 April 2024 |
16 April 2024 | Peter Crome | 12 April 2024 |
16 April 2024 | Patricia Sarah Preece | 16 April 2024 |
16 April 2024 | Karen Scoble | 16 April 2024 |
17 April 2024 | Margaret Layton | 11 April 2024 |
17 April 2024 | Barbara Lloyd | 11 April 2024 |
17 April 2024 | Gillian Yvonne Manning | 13 April 2024 |
18 April 2024 | Anthony Moore | 16 April 2024 |
18 April 2024 | Eileen Whent | 18 April 2024 |
Inquest conclusions in the current and previous month
Name of deceased | Date of conclusion | Conclusion |
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Thelma Elizabeth Hooper | 1 March 2024 | Narrative |
Jan Iversen | 1 March 2024 | Road traffic collision |
Karen Julia Louise Whitehurst | 4 March 2024 | Suicide |
Amber Louise Kurt | 4 March 2024 | Narrative |
Gillian Lynette Grinham | 11 March 2024 | Suicide |
Lewis Keith Williams | 11 March 2024 | Drug related death |
Marlene Rosemary Barratt | 18 March 2024 | Natural causes |
Thomas Edward Voss | 20 March 2024 | Accidental death |
Kwai-Wo Cheung | 20 March 2024 | Accidental death |
Janet Ann James | 22 March 2024 | Natural causes |
Leonard Barwick-Clarke | 27 March 2024 | Narrative |
Michael George Green | 27 March 2024 | Narrative |
Thelma Smith | 27 March 2024 | Natural causes |
Deborah Helen Brookes | 27 March 2024 | Natural causes |
Patricia Doris Dean | 3 April 2024 | Narrative |
Maurice Frank Harding | 3 April 2024 | Narrative |
Peter Ronald Davies | 3 April 2024 | Accidental death |
Brian Bamber | 8 April 2024 | Drug related death |
Billy Donald Evans | 8 April 2024 | Suicide |
Brian Richard Edwards | 10 April 2024 | Accidental death |
Wendy Laura Harding | 10 April 2024 | Road traffic collision |
Terence David Makepeace | 17 April 2024 | Natural causes |
Katherine Elizabeth Brace | 19 April 2024 | Narrative |
Treasure inquests
The Coroner is also responsible for inquests in connection with Treasure. Set out below are those Treasure inquests currently being considered.
Description of find | Hearing date | Time |
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Hoard of 7 fused Iron Age silver coins | 26 April 2024 | 12 noon |
Hoard of 268 silver Roman Denari and ceramic vessel | 26 April 2024 | 12.15pm |