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Wed 07 Jul 2008Family seeks halt to inquest into death of woman found hanged
THE HIGH Court has been asked to halt the inquest into the death of a young woman after she was found hanging from a door in her home less than an hour after an argument was allegedly overheard there. The grounds are that the Dublin County Coroner is allegedly failing to conduct the inquest with an open mind.
Martha Martin, Old County Road, Crumlin, claimed Dublin County Coroner Dr Kieran Geraghty has "closed his mind" as to suicide being the cause of the death of her daughter Pamela Martin (23), a mother of three, in 2004. Mrs Martin claims there were suspicious circumstances surrounding the death, there was no proper Garda investigation and the scene was not forensically examined until 22 days later.
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