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Peter Harrison

Ref: 2019-0303 Date: 19 Sep 2019 Coroner: Alison Mutch Area: Manchester (South) 0 responses identified · 1 indexed addressee View PDF

AI-generated concerns summaryThe coroner noted that the external maintenance staircase was easily accessible to the public and lacked a lockable gate, despite not requiring regular public access.

Date 19 Sep 2019
56-day deadline 31 Dec 2019 est. estimated from the Judiciary.uk publication date
Responses identified 0 of 1
Suicide (from 2015)

Coroner's concerns

AI summary
The coroner noted that the external maintenance staircase was easily accessible to the public and lacked a lockable gate, despite not requiring regular public access.
View full coroner's concerns
1_ The external staircase used by Mr Harrison was to the rear of a shopping area. The inquest heard that access could easily be gained to the staircase and there was no gate that could be locked: The staircase was for maintenance use and did not require regular access by the public: July

Report sections

Investigation and inquest
On 18th December 2018 ( commenced an investigation into the death of Peter Geoffrey Francis Harrison: The investigation concluded on the 1st 2019 and the conclusion was one of Suicide. The medical cause of death was 1a) Multiple injuries
Circumstances of the death
On 17th December 2018 Peter Geoffrey Francis Harrison was found at the bottom of an external staircase at the rear of the Stanford Centre off Brewery Street: The post-mortem examination found multiple injuries including head injuries. There were no suspicious circumstances and there was no third party involvement:
Action should be taken
In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and / believe you have the power to take such action.

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Report details

Reference
2019-0303
Date of report
19 September 2019
Coroner
Alison Mutch
Coroner area
Manchester (South)

Responses identified

Responses identified 0 of 1
1 response not yet linked

Organisations named in PFD reports are normally expected to respond within 56 days. Deadline: 31 Dec 2019 (estimated from the Judiciary.uk publication date).

Sent to

Stamford Quarter Shopping Centre

Source links

Judiciary.uk page → Report PDF →

Data: judiciary.uk.

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