A coroner said he “utterly rejects” an allegation he is biased against the family of a young girl as he presides over an inquest into her death.
Joe McCrisken said he will not recuse himself from the proceedings, saying he is determined to hold a “full, fair and fearless” inquest into Raychel Ferguson’s death.
The nine-year-old from Coshquin, Co Derry, died a day after an appendix operation at Altnagelvin Hospital in 2001.
