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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Tom Garry

Coroner apologises to Maddy Cusack’s family after inquest is delayed again

Maddy Cusack Sheffield United Jonathan Morgan Dean Armstrong KC
Maddy Cusack playing for Sheffield United Women
Maddy Cusack played more than 100 games for Sheffield United Women. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

A coroner has apologised to the family of Maddy Cusack for distress caused by a further delay to the inquest into the Sheffield United player’s deathThe case was adjourned on Monday until at least 29 June.

The midfielder, who played more than 100 games for the club, was found dead at her home in Derbyshire in September 2023, aged 27, and an inquest – delayed multiple times in 2025 – had been due to begin on Monday, but was adjourned after the family received 699 pages of new evidence from Sheffield United 10 days before Christmas. That was described by the family’s lawyers as “totally unacceptable, for a hearing due to start on 5 January”.

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