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
Is pushing for england to win the second ashes test, despite five sessions having been lost to rain. And foreign correspondents based in london give an outsiders view of events in the uk in this weeks dateline thats in half an hour. Good morning. Ten people, aged between 13 and 30 years old, are being questioned on suspicion of murdering a Police Officer in berkshire who was dragged along a road by a vehicle. Pc Andrew Harper, who was 28, died on thursday evening while responding to reports of a burglary. Flags have been flying at half mast across the Thames Valley force area, in memory of the officer, who married only four weeks ago. Our correspondent simonjones is at the scene and i spoke to him a little earlier. Morning. There is still a big Police Presence at the scene here where pc harper lost his life. This part of the road remains cordoned off and if we have another look at the other side of the afor, a lot of offices there as part of an ongoing investigation. We believe pc harp
At whether e scooters are legal, and tests out new fingerprint based contactless cards. Thats in half an hour. Ten people, aged between 13 and 30 years old, are being questioned on suspicion of murdering a Police Officer in berkshire who was dragged along a road by a vehicle. Pc Andrew Harper, who was 28, died on thursday evening while responding to reports of a burglary. Flags have been flying at half mast across the Thames Valley force area, in memory of the officer, who married only four weeks ago. Our correspondent simonjones is at the scene and i spoke to him a little earlier. Morning. There is still a big Police Presence at the scene here where pc harper lost his life. This part of the road remains cordoned off and if we have another look at the other side of the all, a lot of officers there as part of an ongoing investigation. We believe pc harper was dragged across the road by a vehicle and ended up back at their side of the street. At this side of the street. Weve seen a stead