An inquest jury has concluded that serious and significant police failings contributed to the death of a Bolton woman found unresponsive in a cell.
The jury heard that Kelly Hartigan-Burns, 35, died at Royal Blackburn Hospital in 2016 after being found unresponsive at Greenbank Police Station in the early hours of Saturday December 4. A five-week hearing into her death finished earlier this week, after members of the jury were sent out to consider their verdict on Tuesday, April 5.
After two days of deliberation, the jury returned to County Hall, Preston, to deliver a conclusion on Thursday afternoon, April 7, after being asked by Senior Coroner Dr James Adeley to consider a potential conclusion of unlawful killing as well as options including suicide, accidental death and an open conclusion.
