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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rebecca Black

Pathologist suggests alcoholism condition could have killed Lurgan woman

Laura Marshall’s body was found in a flat in Lurgan 10 years ago (Handout/PA) - (PSNI)

A pathologist has suggested that a condition related to alcoholism could have been responsible for the death of a 31-year-old Co Armagh woman found dead in her bath.

An inquest into the death of Laura Marshall at Belfast Coroner’s Court heard Dr Ben Swift dispute former state pathologist Professor Jack Crane’s view that she had died by drowning, and her injuries “were more likely to have been sustained in an assault rather than being accidental injuries”.

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