Garda to send file in case of woman burned in car

Gardaí investigating the death of a woman whose badly burned body was found in a car outside her Dublin home are to send a file…

Gardaí investigating the death of a woman whose badly burned body was found in a car outside her Dublin home are to send a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Shukuratu Abiola Williams (42), Hendrick Street off Blackhall Place, was discovered in her partially burned silver Nissan Primera in the early hours of October 10th, 2006.

A postmortem by Deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis found that Ms Williams died from burn injuries and smoke inhalation.

Dublin city coroner Dr Brian Farrell yesterday adjourned the inquest into Ms Williams's death following an application by Supt Malachy Mulligan of the Bridewell Garda station under section 25.1 of the Coroner's Act.

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Supt Mulligan told the coroner that the Garda investigation into Ms Williams's death had been delayed due to a deliberate attempt by an unnamed individual to mislead the investigation.

However he said gardaí had received a report from the mechanical engineer who carried out an independent examination of the car last week in which Ms Williams was found and were now in a position to send the file to the DPP.

The coroner adjourned the inquest for mention to November. The full inquest into Ms Williams's death will not be heard until the new year.

Originally from Nigeria, Ms Williams had been living in Ireland for eight years and worked in an Afro-Caribbean store on Bolton Street.

She had an eight-year-old son whom gardaí found asleep in her apartment after they discovered the body.

Meanwhile a separate inquest heard that a Dublin man whose body was discovered by a carpenter in the kitchen extension of a house which was under renovation died from a head injury.

Anthony Roe (38), Ribh Avenue, Harmonstown, was pronounced dead on August 7th, 2006, at a house on All Saints Road, Raheny, Dublin City Coroner's Court heard.

According to a report by State Pathologist Prof Marie Cassidy, Mr Roe incurred the fatal injury when he fell backwards.

Mr Roe, who was an unemployed recovering heroin addict, had methadone drugs in his system at the time of death, the inquest heard. A toxicology screening tested also positive for a sedative type drug such as Valium or Librium.

Dr Farrell returned a verdict of death by misadventure.