Hello and welcome. A post mortem examination has concluded that the death of the disgraced financier, jeffrey epstein, was suicide. The 66 year old who was being held in a new york prison was awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges. The chief medical Examiners Office said that epstein had hanged himself and that a full report would be issued later. Lets get the latest from our north america correspondent, peter bowes. Peter, will this answer many of the questions swirling around this case . Well i think the questions are likely to continue. This is an official statement from the coroner, that the cause of death was suicide by hanging and of course there had been a considerable amount of speculation regarding the circumstances of his death and it looks like that speculation will continue. We have had a statement from mr epsteins legal team in which they talk about the mediaeval conditions that the prison where he spent his final hours. And they go on to say that the defence team
At the age of 79. Hello and welcome. A post mortem examination has concluded that the death of the disgraced financier, jeffrey epstein, was suicide. The 66 year old, who was being held in a new york prison, was awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges. The chief medical Examiners Office said that epstein had hanged himself and that a full report would be issued later. Our north america correspondent, peter bowes has more. This is an official statement from the coroner, that the cause of death was suicide by hanging and of course there had been a considerable amount of speculation regarding the circumstances of his death and it looks like that speculation will continue. We have had a statement from mr epsteins legal team in which they talk about the mediaeval conditions that the prison where he spent his final hours. And they go on to say that the defence team fully intends to conduct its own independent and complete investigation into the circumstances and because of his death,
A post mortem examination has concluded that the death of the disgraced financier, jeffrey epstein, was suicide. The 66 year old, who was being held in a new york prison, was awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges. 60 year old. The chief medical Examiners Office said that epstein had hanged himself and that a full report would be issued later. Our north america correspondent, peter bowes has more. This is an official statement that the cause of death was suicide by hanging and of course they had been a considerable about amount of speculation regarding circumstances of his death and it looks like that speculation will continue. Weve had a statement from the legal team in which the talk about the mediaeval conditions at the prison where he spent his final hours. They go on to say that the defence team, fully intends to conduct its own independent and complete investigation as to the circumstances and causes of his death. If necessary, legalaction circumstances and causes of his