An inquest into the deaths of two Tyneside men who died when flight MH17 was shot down is set to begin in Leicester this week.
The tragedy which occurred on July 17, 2014, claimed the lives of 298 people, including Newcastle United fans John Alder and Liam Sweeney, who were on their way to New Zealand to watch the Magpies in a pre-season friendly.
The event, involving the Malaysian Airlines flight traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has been blamed on pro-Russian separatists.
