A jury hearing evidence at an inquest into the death of a woman who grew up in Bolton has been urged to consider the possibility of returning an unlawful killing conclusion.
County Hall in Preston has heard a four-week long inquest into the death of Kelly Hartigan-Burns, who died after being taken into police custody in 2016. The 35-year-old, who attended Canon Slade School in Bolton, died in the early hours of December 4, 2016, just hours after being arrested in Blackburn.
Lancs Live reports that a jury retired on Tuesday, April 5, to consider their conclusion after hearing all the evidence given during the four-week hearing, with Senior Coroner Dr James Adeley giving a summary of the evidence before warning them their task would be very complex. The hearing had heard evidence that Kelly had been seen stepping in front of traffic saying "I want to die" just hours before her death.
