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07/05/2009
Hogan Inquest Ruling Quashed
The High Court has ruled that there should be no fresh inquest into the death of a boy whose father pushed him from a Crete hotel balcony.
An inquest verdict of unlawful killing in the case of John Hogan - who jumped with two-year-old daughter Mia and Liam, six - was today quashed.
In April 2008 coroner Paul Forrest recorded a verdict of unlawful killing. Mr Hogan's sister, Christine O'Connor, asked the High Court to overturn the verdict on the grounds Mr Hogan was "not in control of his actions" because of his psychotic state.
Sir Anthony May and Mrs Justice Dobbs, sitting in London, ruled the verdict was flawed and the case must go back "for further consideration".
At a recent hearing, they indicated that a "really quite serious error of law" had occurred because the question of Mr Hogan's mental state "was simply not addressed".
Hogan, a 34-year-old former tiler from Bradley Stoke, near Bristol, pushed his son and daughter off the balcony following a row with his then wife Natasha, who said she was going to leave her husband and take her children with her.
Mia survived the 50ft plunge from the fourth-floor balcony two years ago.
The Director of Public Prosecutions has said Mr Hogan will not be prosecuted in this country for murder.
(JM/BMcC)
An inquest verdict of unlawful killing in the case of John Hogan - who jumped with two-year-old daughter Mia and Liam, six - was today quashed.
In April 2008 coroner Paul Forrest recorded a verdict of unlawful killing. Mr Hogan's sister, Christine O'Connor, asked the High Court to overturn the verdict on the grounds Mr Hogan was "not in control of his actions" because of his psychotic state.
Sir Anthony May and Mrs Justice Dobbs, sitting in London, ruled the verdict was flawed and the case must go back "for further consideration".
At a recent hearing, they indicated that a "really quite serious error of law" had occurred because the question of Mr Hogan's mental state "was simply not addressed".
Hogan, a 34-year-old former tiler from Bradley Stoke, near Bristol, pushed his son and daughter off the balcony following a row with his then wife Natasha, who said she was going to leave her husband and take her children with her.
Mia survived the 50ft plunge from the fourth-floor balcony two years ago.
The Director of Public Prosecutions has said Mr Hogan will not be prosecuted in this country for murder.
(JM/BMcC)
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Disagreement If Children 'Were Pushed' Over Hotel Balcony
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