PROCEDURE

The case originated in an application (no. 58559/09) against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by two Irish nationals, Mrs Collette Hemsworth and Mr Michael Hemsworth (“the first and second applicants”), on 12 October 2009.

The applicants were represented by Mr J. McGettrick, a lawyer practising in Belfast. The United Kingdom Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Ms Yasmine Ahmed, of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The applicants mainly complained under Article 2 that there had been an unlawful use of lethal force against the deceased, Mr John Hemsworth, and that the State had not fulfilled its procedural investigative obligations in that respect.

On 18 October 2011 the application was communicated to the Government. It was also decided to rule on the admissibility and merits of the application at the same time (Article 29 § 1).

On 11 January 2012 the Irish Government declined to exercise their right to intervene (Article 36 § 1 of the Convention and Rule 44 § 1).

THE FACTS

I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE

The applicants were born in 1961 and 1933, respectively and live in Belfast. They are the wife and father, respectively, of Mr John Hemsworth.

A. The death of Mr John Hemsworth

The applicants maintained that, at 1 a.m. on 7 July 1997, John Hemsworth was walking home when he was passed by persons who were being chased by police officers from the Blues Operational Support Unit (“Blues OSU”) of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (“RUC”). They also contend that one of those officers hit John Hemsworth on the face with a truncheon and that he fell to the ground where he was kicked on the left side and hit on the back with a truncheon by the officers. He went home and informed his wife. He then went to hospital and it is alleged that RUC officers taunted him about the incident on the way there. He was treated for undisplaced fractures to both sides of his right jaw bone.

Following an article in a local newspaper about the incident, two witnesses (one an allegedly direct witness) came forward.

Having experienced headaches and tingling in one arm in late October/early November 1997, on 27 December 1997 John Hemsworth began vomiting and complained of severe headaches. He collapsed and was transferred to hospital where he died on 1 January 1998.

B. The RUC investigation and the inquest

On 3 January 1998 a pathologist found that John Hemsworth died from a cerebral infarction and it was not possible to correlate the recent thrombosis causing the fatal cerebral infraction with a facial injury in 1997.

On 8 January 1998 the RUC began an investigation supervised by the Independent Commission for Police Complaints (“ICPC”).

On 30 April 1998 the Coroner registered the death as he considered, given the pathologist’s report, that an inquest was not necessary.

In his report of 4 August 1999, an expert in forensic medicine instructed by the first applicant found that it was “highly likely” that the assault was the sole underlying cause of death. Further to her request, on 2 February 2000 the Attorney General ordered the Coroner to hold an inquest.

Subsequently, a forensic expert briefed by the Coroner also concluded that, despite the delay between the fatal cerebral infarct and the injury of July 1997, it was likely that they were “linked in terms of causation”. The applicants claimed that the original pathologist later expressed his agreement with these later two expert opinions.

The RUC then asked the applicants to provide them with all relevant information and evidence and for their statements. The applicants forwarded the deceased’s medical records and gave statements to the RUC. The two witnesses who had volunteered were interviewed as well as other persons living in the area. Numerous police and military personnel on duty in the area, as well as those deployed to the street where John Hemsworth was allegedly assaulted, were interviewed. The RUC Report on the Investigation dated 3 May 2001 accepted that John Hemsworth had been injured on 7 July 1997 but not that RUC officers had assaulted him or that those injuries had led to his death. Certain parts of this report are redacted.

On 7 June 2001 the Coroner opened a pre-inquest hearing, in 16 cases including into John Hemsworth’s death, to hear submissions on the implications of the judgments of this Court of 4 May 2001 in certain cases concerning deaths in Northern Ireland (Hugh Jordan v. the United Kingdom, no. 24746/94, (extracts); McKerr v. the United Kingdom, no. 28883/95, both in ECHR 2001-III; Shanaghan v. the United Kingdom, no. 37715/97; and Kelly and Others v. the United Kingdom, no. 30054/96). The first applicant was legally represented, as she was for all domestic proceedings. The hearing was adjourned given the possibility of the referral of those cases to the Grand Chamber of this Court.

In September 2001 the Coroner adjourned the pre-inquest hearing, although he indicated that John Hemsworth’s inquest would take place after Pearse Jordan’s inquest (to whom the Hugh Jordan judgment related).

On 1 September 2000 the first applicant applied for legal aid for the inquest under the Lord Chancellor’s Extra-Statutory Scheme (established in July 2000). On 5 June 2001 she began a judicial review action: that evening the Lord Chancellor granted her limited funding. The action continued in order to challenge that limitation on funding. On 7 January 2003 the High Court found against her as did the Court of Appeal (9 March 2005). With information gleaned from that action, in January 2002 the first applicant applied for legal aid under the Green Form Scheme. In February 2002 limited legal aid was proposed but in a manner she considered inconsistent with the State’s approach in the first judicial review action. On 21 May 2003 the Legal Aid Department accepted that there had been some confusion as to the sources of legal aid for inquests and it issued a notice of clarification. The first applicant again issued judicial review proceedings. On 26 April 2004 the High Court found in her favour.

In November 2002 the first applicant wrote to the Coroner seeking progress in the inquest. The Coroner responded that he awaited the judgments of the House of Lords in the cases of Amin (Regina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Amin, [2003] UKHL 51) and Middleton (Regina v. Her Majesty’s Coroner for the Western District of Somerset and other ex parte Middleton, [2004] UKHL 10). The first applicant requested the Coroner to progress certain pre-inquest matters. At a hearing in February 2003, some disclosure was made to the first applicant.

The applicants claimed that, during that hearing, the Coroner advised that there was no evidence that the deceased had been struck by RUC officers. The first applicant applied for the Coroner to recuse himself. At a further pre-inquest hearing on 2 September 2003, the Coroner accepted that he had to investigate the allegations that RUC officers were responsible for the death so the first applicant did not pursue the matter further.

On 20 December 2004, at a further pre-inquest hearing, the first applicant provided the Coroner with a list of witnesses they required including the police officers who were allegedly likely to have been responsible for and/or to have witnessed the assault.

A pre-inquest hearing was convened in March 2008 when the Coroner ruled on the witnesses he proposed to call, none of whom were RUC officers. The first applicant applied to the Coroner to recuse himself. The Coroner refused but indicated that he would receive further representations as to why RUC witnesses were required. The first applicant made such submissions. By letter of 14 November 2008 the Coroner refused to call any RUC witnesses or to recuse himself. The first applicant began a judicial review action. On 9 March 2009 the High Court found in her favour: a new Coroner was to be appointed and the RUC witnesses sought were to be called to give evidence.

Another pre-inquest hearing took place on 16 September 2009: it was agreed to call the additional witnesses requested by the first applicant and the Crown Solicitor’s Office confirmed that full disclosure of all relevant materials had been made to the Coroner and to the next-of-kin, subject to a few isolated matters which were being dealt with.

The inquest began on 21 September 2009. It did not sit each day and certain witnesses were unavailable through ill-health. On 8 October 2009 the Coroner discharged the jury due to evidence which had emerged. The Coroner had decided to take a statement from a possible eye-witness to the assault. On receipt of the statement, it emerged that Officer M, of the Police Service Northern Ireland (the “PSNI” replaced the RUC in 2001), had taken the statement on the Coroner’s behalf. However, Officer M had been a member of the RUC at the time of the alleged assault. He was also the Deputy Investigation Officer and, in addition, he was due to be called as a witness. The first applicant therefore requested and, in October 2009, the Coroner obtained and disclosed Officer M’s journal entries on the police investigation. It emerged therefrom that Officer M had interviewed a soldier (Private G) in 2000. Private G had told Officer M that, on the day when John Hemsworth was allegedly assaulted, Private G had seen an officer in the RUC Blues OSU assaulting a civilian with a baton in an area close to the location of Mr Hemsworth’s alleged assault. Private G had also told Officer M that a senior military officer, as well as a senior RUC officer from the RUC Blues OSU, had told him that he should not report this incident to his superiors. Given the time it would take to recall witnesses and to call Private G, the Coroner considered it preferable to discharge the jury and conduct the inquest afresh.

The Coroner was advised by the Crown Solicitor’s Office that all documentation in relation to Private G was destroyed in August 2009. The Coroner ordered the PSNI to prepare a paginated and indexed bundle of all material held by them in relation to the death of John Hemsworth, including any documentation held in relation to Private G. Officers unconnected with the original investigation should conduct this disclosure exercise. The PSNI confirmed that the Legacy Support Unit within the PSNI would deal with disclosure and that any officers allegedly involved in the assault or the subsequent investigation would have no further involvement.

On 29 November 2009 a further pre-inquest hearing was held, when the PSNI confirmed that, by 4 December 2009, the Coroner would be provided with the bundle of documents and the first applicant with a redacted version of same. While no documents in relation to Private G’s allegations had been retained, Private G had been traced and his statement would be taken. The inquest was scheduled to begin on 21 January 2010.

The inquest resumed on 25 January 2010. On the second and third days of the inquest, two jurors advised the Coroner of connections to the police. The Coroner acceded to the first applicant’s request to discharge the jury on the basis that the jury may have been already tainted.

On 22 April 2010 the first applicant obtained an expert medical report which found that marks on the deceased’s face and back (apparent from photographs taken after the alleged assault) were consistent with the allegations of assault by police baton. The first applicant and the Coroner further corresponded about progressing the inquest. In June 2010 the Crown Solicitor’s Office stated that it would brief an expert on the photographs and the marks. It did so in October 2010. In January 2011 the Crown Solicitor’s Office’s expert reported but did not address the question whether police batons could have made the marks on the deceased’s body. In May 2011 a supplementary expert report was submitted.

The inquest began on 16 May 2011. Evidence was heard until 24 May 2011. Closing speeches were made on 26 May 2011. The first applicant was too ill to attend. Given the intervening judgment of the Supreme Court of 18 May 2011 (McCaughey and Another, Re Application for Judicial Review ([2011] UKSC 20, paragraph 43 below), the Coroner agreed that, so far as possible, the inquest would be conducted in such a manner as to comply with Article 2 of the Convention.

On 27 May 2011 the inquest jury rendered its verdict. It found the medical causes of death to be cerebral infarction and thrombosis of the right internal carotid artery. The jury accepted that John Hemsworth was injured on 7 July 1997; that his injuries included fractures to both the right and left hand sides of his jaw bone, tramline bruising to the left jaw, neck and lower left side of his back as well as bruising to the right jaw; that those injuries “were most probably the underlying cause of his death”; that the injuries were “consistent with those caused by someone being struck by a baton, according to several expert witnesses”; that the photographs showed “distinctive and characteristic bruising associated with baton injuries”; that “the factures and bruising injuries were caused by being struck by a baton and kicked”; and that, since the RUC Blues OSU were the only police on the relevant street on the relevant night, it was “highly probable” that one or more of those officers was responsible for the injuries to Mr Hemsworth.

The Coroner announced that he would refer the matter to the Director of Public Prosecutions (“DPP”) and ensured the production, from public funds, of a transcript of the inquest proceedings. Having waited until the new DPP was established in his post, on 25 January 2012 he formally referred the case to the DPP pursuant to section 35(3) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, indicating that the verdict “should be sufficient to indicate the contentious background to the death and its wider significance”. On 3 February 2012 the DPP’s office acknowledged the referral. Further to the applicants’ queries, on 23 April 2012 the Coroner confirmed the referral and on 14 May 2012 that the DPP had acknowledged the referral. In their observations of 3 July 2012 the Government submitted that the matter was the subject of “active consideration” by the DPP.

C. Civil proceedings

On 5 September 2001 the applicant initiated civil proceedings against the PSNI and on 10 August 2011 a Notice of Intention to Proceed was served.

D. The Police Ombudsman

Further to the first applicant’s request, the Police Ombudsman reviewed the police file. In his report of 1 May 2007 he considered that the medical experts did not agree on the extension of a causal link between the July 1997 injuries and the subsequent death so that there was no evidence that any RUC officer was responsible for John Hemsworth’s death and he could identify nothing further that he could do to take the matter forward.
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001-122371_a11_em98
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e66
001-122371_a11_em99
DATETIME
QUASI
November 2002
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em100
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em101
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e67
001-122371_a11_em102
ORG
NO_MASK
House of Lords
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e68
001-122371_a11_em103
PERSON
NO_MASK
Amin
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122371_a11_e69
001-122371_a11_em104
MISC
NO_MASK
Regina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Amin
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e68
001-122371_a11_em105
PERSON
NO_MASK
Amin
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e70
001-122371_a11_em106
DATETIME
NO_MASK
2003
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e71
001-122371_a11_em107
PERSON
NO_MASK
Middleton
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122371_a11_e72
001-122371_a11_em108
MISC
NO_MASK
Regina v. Her Majesty’s Coroner for the Western District of Somerset and other ex parte Middleton
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e71
001-122371_a11_em109
PERSON
NO_MASK
Middleton
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e73
001-122371_a11_em110
DATETIME
NO_MASK
2004
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em111
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e74
001-122371_a11_em112
DATETIME
QUASI
February 2003
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em113
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e19
001-122371_a11_em114
ORG
QUASI
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em115
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e75
001-122371_a11_em116
DATETIME
QUASI
2 September 2003
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em117
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e19
001-122371_a11_em118
ORG
QUASI
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e76
001-122371_a11_em119
DATETIME
QUASI
20 December 2004
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em120
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e77
001-122371_a11_em121
DATETIME
NO_MASK
March 2008
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em122
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e19
001-122371_a11_em123
ORG
QUASI
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em124
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em125
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e19
001-122371_a11_em126
ORG
QUASI
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e78
001-122371_a11_em127
DATETIME
QUASI
14 November 2008
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em128
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e19
001-122371_a11_em129
ORG
QUASI
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e79
001-122371_a11_em130
DATETIME
QUASI
9 March 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e59
001-122371_a11_em131
ORG
NO_MASK
High Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em132
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e19
001-122371_a11_em133
ORG
QUASI
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e80
001-122371_a11_em134
DATETIME
QUASI
16 September 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e81
001-122371_a11_em135
ORG
NO_MASK
Crown Solicitor’s Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em136
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e82
001-122371_a11_em137
DATETIME
QUASI
21 September 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e83
001-122371_a11_em138
DATETIME
NO_MASK
8 October 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em139
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em140
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e84
001-122371_a11_em141
PERSON
NO_MASK
M
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e85
001-122371_a11_em142
ORG
QUASI
Police Service Northern Ireland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e85
001-122371_a11_em143
ORG
QUASI
001-122371_a11_em142
PSNI
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e19
001-122371_a11_em144
ORG
QUASI
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e86
001-122371_a11_em145
DATETIME
NO_MASK
2001
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em146
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e84
001-122371_a11_em147
PERSON
NO_MASK
M
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e19
001-122371_a11_em148
ORG
QUASI
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122371_a11_e84
001-122371_a11_em149
PERSON
NO_MASK
001-122371_a11_em141
Deputy Investigation Officer
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e87
001-122371_a11_em150
DATETIME
QUASI
October 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em151
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e84
001-122371_a11_em152
PERSON
NO_MASK
M
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e84
001-122371_a11_em153
PERSON
NO_MASK
M
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e88
001-122371_a11_em154
PERSON
NO_MASK
G
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e89
001-122371_a11_em155
DATETIME
NO_MASK
2000
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122371_a11_e88
001-122371_a11_em156
PERSON
NO_MASK
G
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e84
001-122371_a11_em157
PERSON
NO_MASK
M
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e11
001-122371_a11_em158
PERSON
QUASI
John Hemsworth
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e88
001-122371_a11_em159
PERSON
NO_MASK
G
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e90
001-122371_a11_em160
ORG
QUASI
RUC Blues OSU
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e11
001-122371_a11_em161
PERSON
QUASI
001-122371_a11_em13
Mr Hemsworth
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e88
001-122371_a11_em162
PERSON
NO_MASK
G
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e84
001-122371_a11_em163
PERSON
NO_MASK
M
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e19
001-122371_a11_em164
ORG
QUASI
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e90
001-122371_a11_em165
ORG
QUASI
RUC Blues OSU
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e88
001-122371_a11_em166
PERSON
NO_MASK
G
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em167
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em168
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e81
001-122371_a11_em169
ORG
NO_MASK
Crown Solicitor’s Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e88
001-122371_a11_em170
PERSON
NO_MASK
G
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e91
001-122371_a11_em171
DATETIME
NO_MASK
August 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em172
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e85
001-122371_a11_em173
ORG
QUASI
PSNI
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e11
001-122371_a11_em174
PERSON
QUASI
John Hemsworth
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e88
001-122371_a11_em175
PERSON
NO_MASK
G
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e85
001-122371_a11_em176
ORG
QUASI
PSNI
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e92
001-122371_a11_em177
ORG
NO_MASK
Legacy Support Unit
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e85
001-122371_a11_em178
ORG
QUASI
PSNI
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e93
001-122371_a11_em179
DATETIME
QUASI
29 November 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e85
001-122371_a11_em180
ORG
QUASI
PSNI
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e94
001-122371_a11_em181
DATETIME
QUASI
4 December 2009
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em182
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122371_a11_e88
001-122371_a11_em183
PERSON
NO_MASK
G
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122371_a11_e88
001-122371_a11_em184
PERSON
NO_MASK
G
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e95
001-122371_a11_em185
DATETIME
NO_MASK
21 January 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e96
001-122371_a11_em186
DATETIME
NO_MASK
25 January 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e97
001-122371_a11_em187
DATETIME
NO_MASK
second and third days
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em188
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em189
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e98
001-122371_a11_em190
DATETIME
QUASI
22 April 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em191
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e99
001-122371_a11_em192
DATETIME
QUASI
June 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e81
001-122371_a11_em193
ORG
NO_MASK
Crown Solicitor’s Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e100
001-122371_a11_em194
DATETIME
NO_MASK
October 2010
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e101
001-122371_a11_em195
DATETIME
QUASI
January 2011
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e81
001-122371_a11_em196
ORG
NO_MASK
Crown Solicitor’s Office
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e102
001-122371_a11_em197
DATETIME
NO_MASK
May 2011
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e103
001-122371_a11_em198
DATETIME
QUASI
16 May 2011
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e104
001-122371_a11_em199
DATETIME
QUASI
24 May 2011
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e105
001-122371_a11_em200
DATETIME
QUASI
26 May 2011
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e106
001-122371_a11_em201
ORG
NO_MASK
Supreme Court
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e107
001-122371_a11_em202
DATETIME
NO_MASK
18 May 2011
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122371_a11_e108
001-122371_a11_em203
PERSON
NO_MASK
McCaughey
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122371_a11_e109
001-122371_a11_em204
DATETIME
NO_MASK
2011
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em205
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e110
001-122371_a11_em206
DATETIME
QUASI
27 May 2011
HEALTH
check
001-122371_a11_e24
001-122371_a11_em207
DEM
QUASI
cerebral infarction
HEALTH
check
001-122371_a11_e25
001-122371_a11_em208
DEM
QUASI
thrombosis
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e11
001-122371_a11_em209
PERSON
QUASI
John Hemsworth
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e17
001-122371_a11_em210
DATETIME
QUASI
7 July 1997
HEALTH
insert
001-122371_a11_e111
001-122371_a11_em211
DEM
QUASI
fractures to both the right and left hand sides of his jaw bone
HEALTH
insert
001-122371_a11_e112
001-122371_a11_em212
DEM
QUASI
tramline bruising to the left jaw
HEALTH
insert
001-122371_a11_e113
001-122371_a11_em213
DEM
NO_MASK
neck and lower left side of his back
HEALTH
insert
001-122371_a11_e114
001-122371_a11_em214
DEM
NO_MASK
bruising to the right jaw
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e90
001-122371_a11_em215
ORG
QUASI
RUC Blues OSU
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e11
001-122371_a11_em216
PERSON
QUASI
Mr Hemsworth
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em217
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122371_a11_e115
001-122371_a11_em218
PERSON
NO_MASK
Director of Public Prosecutions
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-122371_a11_e115
001-122371_a11_em219
PERSON
NO_MASK
001-122371_a11_em218
DPP
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-122371_a11_e115
001-122371_a11_em220
PERSON
NO_MASK
DPP
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e116
001-122371_a11_em221
DATETIME
QUASI
25 January 2012
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e115
001-122371_a11_em222
PERSON
NO_MASK
DPP
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122371_a11_e117
001-122371_a11_em223
MISC
QUASI
Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122371_a11_e41
001-122371_a11_em224
LOC
QUASI
Northern Ireland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e118
001-122371_a11_em225
DATETIME
QUASI
3 February 2012
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e115
001-122371_a11_em226
PERSON
NO_MASK
DPP
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e119
001-122371_a11_em227
DATETIME
QUASI
23 April 2012
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e31
001-122371_a11_em228
PERSON
NO_MASK
Coroner
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e120
001-122371_a11_em229
DATETIME
NO_MASK
14 May 2012
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e115
001-122371_a11_em230
PERSON
NO_MASK
DPP
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-122371_a11_e121
001-122371_a11_em231
DATETIME
NO_MASK
3 July 2012
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e2
001-122371_a11_em232
ORG
NO_MASK
Government
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e115
001-122371_a11_em233
PERSON
NO_MASK
DPP
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e122
001-122371_a11_em234
DATETIME
NO_MASK
5 September 2001
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e85
001-122371_a11_em235
ORG
QUASI
PSNI
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e123
001-122371_a11_em236
DATETIME
NO_MASK
10 August 2011
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-122371_a11_e124
001-122371_a11_em237
PERSON
NO_MASK
Police Ombudsman
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e125
001-122371_a11_em238
DATETIME
QUASI
1 May 2007
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e35
001-122371_a11_em239
DATETIME
NO_MASK
July 1997
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e19
001-122371_a11_em240
ORG
QUASI
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-122371_a11_e11
001-122371_a11_em241
PERSON
QUASI
John Hemsworth
Collette Hemsworth
GBR
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