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Sophie Robinson

Jury retires in inquest into deaths of five people in Leicester helicopter crash

Tributes were left after the crash in 2018 (Nigel French/PA) - (PA Archive)

A jury has retired to begin its deliberations in the inquests into the deaths of the former Leicester City owner and four others who were killed in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium more than six years ago.

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, referred to in court as Khun Vichai, died when the aircraft crashed and caught on fire, also killing the pilot Eric Swaffer, his partner Izabela Lechowicz, and passengers Nusara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare.

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