Five inquests to open this morning

Mon, 06 Sep 2010

Douglas Courthouse

Five inquests into recent deaths on the Island are being opened this morning from 11.00.

Chris Bradshaw and Jamie Adam were killed in a crash at Alpine during the Manx Grand Prix Junior race on Wednesday last week.

Melvin Arthur Unwin, a visiting biker from Cambridgeshire, died in a collision at Round Table last weekend.

George Stephen Crowe was found dead in Laxey last month.

Finally James Richard Fargher died in Noble's Hospital in August. He had been transferred there from Jurby Prison, where he was serving a four year sentence for indecent assaults against young women.

Coroner of Inquests Alistair Montgomerie will hear details of the medical causes of the men's deaths before adjourning the cases whilst investigations into the deaths are concluded.