Smith inquest to start in April
Posted Jan 11, 2011 12:15:13 PM.
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The coroner’s inquest into Ashley Smith’s death will start on April 4th.
She choked herself with a strip of cloth at Kitchener’s Grand Valley Institution for Women in October 2007.
The inquest could last into 2012.
Lawyers for 10 of the parties involved in the inquest met today to adjourn the start date, originally set for January, to April.
Family lawyer Julian Falconer says one of the reasons he wanted the adjournment is because Smith’s mother recently had a quadruple bypass and needs time to recover before travelling from New Brunswick to attend the inquest.
Deputy chief coroner Dr. Bonita Porter says the inquest will break for the summer in July and August and resume in the fall.
