Father only found out son had died three weeks after car crash due to a police error Joshua Johnson’s dad said he ‘couldn’t comprehend it’ The Independent UK · Sep 8
Jury gives verdict on jailed grandfather’s prison death after Rotherham asylum hotel riots Peter Lynch was found dead in his jail cell in October 2024 The Independent UK · Aug 5
Boy, 16, who died in popular lake during Bank Holiday heatwave could not swim, inquest hears Muhammed had gone to the country park with friends on Bank Holiday Monday The Independent UK · Jun 9
Man jailed after disorder faced discipline charge before he died, inquest hears Peter Lynch, 61, died in HMP Moorland, near Doncaster, after he was jailed following the disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham. Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025
Grandfather, 89, died after skin cream caused his clothes to set on fire Coroner warns more lives at risk because emollients so flammable The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025
Rioter found dead in jail is believed to have killed himself, inquest hears Peter Lynch, 61, had been convicted of rioting outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2024
Man jailed over hotel rioting died from ‘hanging’ in prison, inquest told Peter Lynch died on October 19 after he was jailed for two years and eight months for his part in the disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers. Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024
Coroner calls for smart motorway safety to be improved after fatal crash on M1 Nargis Begum's car had been stranded on the M1 for more than 16 minutes before a Mercedes crashed into the rear of her vehicle. Wales Online · Nov 3, 2022
Coroner urges National Highway to improve smart motorway safety Nicola Mundy wrote to the Government-owned company to express concern that 153 vehicles passed a stranded car before a fatal collision. The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
Mum-of-five killed on M1 smart motorway after car broke down in live lane Nargis Begum was stranded in a live lane with no hard shoulder Manchester Evening News · Sep 11, 2022
M1 smart motorway was factor in mum-of-five's death She was travelling from Derby Nottingham Post · Sep 11, 2022
Design of smart motorway contributed to woman's death, coroner says “If there had been a hard shoulder, Nargis Begum would not be dead” Wales Online · Sep 11, 2022