A post-mortem examination revealed that his cause of death was a hypoxic brain injury and asphyxiation. Mr Salter, the head coroner for Oxfordshire, said that for a verdict of suicide he must be satisfied that the person did the act themselves and had intent to end their lives. However, because Ricardo was only 16 and sometimes struggled with his emotions, the coroner said it could have been impulsive rather than a more well-reasoned decision. He had previously told friends he ‘wanted to end his life’ but it ‘isn’t an uncommon thing’ for people to say. Mr Salter gave a verdict of misadventure , a conclusion ‘slightly different to accidental’.
Pic of Oxfordshire Coroners Court AN INQUEST has been put on hold while the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decide whether to press charges. Matthew Hammonds, 25, was the front seat passenger of a car police were looking for on the night of July 11. Officers eventually found it crashed into some metal railings in Witney. The aeroplane engineer, who lived in Carterton, was left with a traumatic head injury and a police officer, who had known him for several years verified his death. In a procedural pre-inquest review yesterday, Oxfordshire coroner Darren Salter said the full inquest proceedings had been delayed by the CPS which is considering pressing charges.
Oxford Road. Pipc Google Maps A SHIELDING pensioner was hit by a car on his first trip out of the house after lockdown. Thomas Barron, 92, of Kidlington, was thrown off his mobility scooter when he hit by a black Audi on July 3 this year. Witnesses to the crash said he didn’t look before crossing Oxford Road (the A4260) near his home and police investigators found his scooter on the highest speed setting. Mr Barron, a retired plasterer, was raced to the John Radcliffe Hospital where he stayed for nearly two weeks before he was discharged home. But days later he was taken back to hospital where he deteriorated and was handed to the palliative team before dying on August 6.
The Paddocks, Bampton Picture: Google Maps A GYPSY caravan site in West Oxfordshire is so overcrowded that it could contribute to the spread of Covid-19 and is a fire hazard, officials have said. The Paddocks, a traveller site south of Bampton, is in breach of planning regulations because there are too many caravans at most of its pitches. Earlier this year, a woman died at the site after being left in a hot car for 16 hours following a party attended by ‘up to 400 people’. Each pitch is meant to have room for ‘one gypsy family’ according to West Oxfordshire District Council – equivalent to three caravans.