Inquest Hearings

The dates of all currently scheduled hearings are set out below.  Please note: this inquest schedule is regularly updated and may be subject to change.

If significant travel arrangements are to be made you should first confirm the hearing is going ahead by checking with the appropriate coroner's officer and in all cases you are advised to re-review the inquest schedule shortly before the hearing date. 

At most hearings participants will be invited to attend court in person and there will not be any remote access facility made available.  

If the Coroner has determined, following an application made by an interested person in the inquest, that a 'hybrid hearing' will be held then participants may join the proceedings by videolink. In such cases non-participants (i.e. press and/or members of the public) may also apply to observe that hearing by remote link.  

Any application to attend a hearing remotely must be made in writing by completing the remote access attendance form by no later than 12 noon two working days before the proceedings commence. Applications MUST include the reasons being put forward as to why remote access should be granted. The Coroner will then consider all applications received and will permit remote attendance if satisfied that it would be in the interests of justice, there is the capacity and technological capability to enable it, and it would not create an unreasonable administrative burden on the court.

Inquest openings, adjournments, written inquests, and open and close inquest hearings, from 9am on Wednesday 14th October 2026

at Cheshire Coroners Court, Museum Street, Warrington, WA1 1JX :

Inquest Openings	Open and Close Inquest Hearings	Written Inquests to be Read	Suspensions, Adjournments and Resumptions	Treasure Inquests
Hayden WALKER, born Warwick	Jeffrey TAYLOR, born Bury		Suspension - Cody DOBBS, born Crewe	None listed
Michael Raymond FOWLER, born Chingford, London	Ernest ALLUM, born Liverpool		Suspension - James William BARTON, born Widnes
David John ASHCROFT, born Chester	Leo WINSTANLEY, born Warrington		Suspension - Jason John HINDLEY, born Liverpool
Cody DOBBS, born Crewe	Carl CLAYTON, born Macclesfield
Ronald WILLIAMS, born Liverpool	Patrick GRIFFIN, born Liverpool
Jason John HINDLEY, born Liverpool	Alan George LEY, born Liverpool
	Geoffrey THOMALLA, born Liverpool
	Andrew LLOYD, born Australia
	Valerie WYCHERLEY, born Stoke-on-Trent
	Alan THOMAS, born Liverpool
	Maureen CONNOR, born Macclesfield

 

Written Inquests:

By virtue of section 9C Coroners and Justice Act 2009 a decision has been made to conduct the following inquests in writing (i.e. without a hearing in court) unless representations are made by email to coronersadminteam@warrington.gov.uk within 7 days of the date shown next to the inquest name.  

Inquests concluded in this way will be read out to the record on the date shown within the inquest listings. This is not the date of the final hearing, as the inquest will have already concluded by this date.

Catherine Ruth WILLIAMS - 2nd October 2026

Martin TROOP - 5th October 2026

Denis ASHTON - 5th October 2026

Lee Mark POUNTLEY - 5th October 2026

Mark Darlington PEARSON  - 5th October 2026

Marian LINDSAY - 6th October 2026

William Jake Ogden - 7th October 2026

Thomas PLATT - 8th October 2026

Matthew Lee EVANS - 8th October 2026

Iulian BOGDAN - 8th October 2026

Roy MASTERSON - 8th October 2026

Martin Stephen PRITCHARD - 8th October 2026

 

Pre-Inquest Review Hearings:

Pre-Inquest Review (PIR) hearings are administrative case management meetings used by coroners to manage complex investigations efficiently, openly, and effectively under Rule 6 of the Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013. Listed as follows are the remaining PIR hearing dates for 2026.

A website update is pending which will see these included on the inquest list. 

Hearing Date	Hearing Time	Location of Hearing	Name of Deceased	Age	Date of Death	Place of Death	Coroner
21 October 2026	10:00	Cheshire Coroner's Court, Museum Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1JX	Ryan Andrew SNOWBALL	36 Years	7 December 2025	Warrington Hospital, Cheshire, WA5 1QG	Jacqueline DEVONISH
29 October 2026	10:00	Cheshire Coroner's Court, Museum Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1JX	Sallyanne JONES	34 years	30 March 2026	Brooker Centre, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 2DA	Alexander FRODSHAM
18 November 2026	10:00	Cheshire Coroner's Court, Museum Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1JX	Steven ROTHWELL	41 Years	19 August 2025	Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 7PG	Jacqueline DEVONISH