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inquest

noun as in investigation

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However, her family, along with Kenyan rights groups and feminists continued to push for justice and in 2018 an inquest was opened into her death.

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The inquest heard Georgia was an "inquisitive, yet quiet, young person" who "possessed great kindness, sensitivity, and the ability to be truly empathetic".

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The inquest in Ruthin also heard from speech therapist Sian George, who said that trained staff would know what foods were high risk.

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On Monday, an inquest was told the lithium-ion battery of the vape pen caught fire after being left charging in the attic room she shared with an older sibling.

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She had been returning home from a Christmas shopping trip in Bath and was intoxicated when she boarded the train, an inquest held in 2021 heard.

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