Investigations and inquests in Mid Kent and Medway

This area covers the district council areas of Maidstone, Medway, Tonbridge and Malling (part), Swale (part).

All inquests are held at Oakwood House, Maidstone unless stated otherwise.

The Senior Coroner for this area is Patricia Harding.

Contact Kent and Medway Coroner Service

Call: 03000 41 05 02 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
Email: KentandMedwayCoroners@kent.gov.uk
Address: Coroner Service Team, Oakwood House, Oakwood Park, Maidstone, ME16 8AE

Inquests to be heard

The following listings are all provisional and may be subject to changes in date or time even at a late stage in proceedings. If you are intending to attend an inquest check the listing the day before you are expecting the inquest to be heard for any revisions to time or date.

Inquests can also be listed at short notice and may not always appear on this page. If you are expecting an inquest to be listed and it does not appear on the page below call or email general enquiries using the contact details above.

TypeDateTime Place of inquestNameAge Date of death Place of death
Inquest 17 March to 2 April 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Simon Faherty 20 20 November 2023 Sheerness
Inquest 18 March 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Mark Collings6124 December 2023Rochester
Inquest18 March 202511:30amOakwood House, MaidstonePeter Cook9125 January 2025Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 18 March 202512pmOakwood House, Maidstone Annie Meredith8818 February 2025Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 18 March 2025 12:30pm Oakwood House, Maidstone Mingi Jiang 50 21 July 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest18 March 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneGraham Hawes883 February 2025Medway Maritime Hospital
Pre inquest review 24 March 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Azroy Dawes-Clarke 28 10 November 2021 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 24 March 2025 2pmOakwood House, Maidstone Michael Wickham4520 August 2024Gillingham
Inquest 24 March 20252:30pmOakwood House, Maidstone Janice Hoskins6317 September 2024West Malling
Inquest 24 March 2025 3:30pmOakwood House, Maidstone Colin Chamberlain5911 September 2024Rochester
Inquest 25 March 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Ashley Wright 44 27 November 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 25 March 2025 11am Oakwood House, Maidstone James Shelton 92 8 September 2024 Rochester
Inquest25 March 2025 12pmOakwood House, MaidstoneDaniel Land3716 May 2024Maidstone
Inquest 25 March 20252pmOakwood House, Maidstone James Dunne695 May 2024Gillingham
Inquest25 March 20253pmOakwood House, MaidstoneKirsty Holwill2925 September 2024Snodland
Inquest26 March 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneChristopher Rigby7631 October 2023Maidstone
Inquest31 March 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneMichelle Bull3419 January 2024Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 1 to 2 April 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Richard Luck 65 9 September 2024 Kings College Hospital
Inquest1 April 202510am Oakwood House, MaidstoneJoyce Woolf9018 January 2025Rochester
Inquest1 April 202511amOakwood House, Maidstone Wendy Washington623 January 2025Maidstone Hospital
Inquest 1 April 202511:30amOakwood House, Maidstone Jennifer Stedall7522 January 2025Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 1 April 202512:30pm Oakwood House, Maidstone Geoffrey Bullock7319 January 2025Rochester
Inquest1 April 20252pmOakwood House, Maidstone Bryn Cornwell8011 February 2025Maidstone
Inquest 8 April 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Luke Elliott 36 13 November 2024 Chatham
Inquest 8 April 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Ross Wainwright 42 14 November 2024 Maidstone
Inquest 8 April 2025 11am Oakwood House, Maidstone Corynne May 71 28 November 2024 Sheerness
Inquest 8 April 2025 12pm Oakwood House, Maidstone Ann Fisher 71 31 December 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 8 April 2025 2pm Oakwood House, Maidstone Michael Reynolds 89 24 December 2024 Maidstone Hospital
Inquest 8 April 2025 2pm Oakwood House, Maidstone Jagdish Sandhu 71 20 September  2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 11 April 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Alexander Corbett 46 23 August 2024 Maidstone
Inquest 11 April 2025 11:30am Oakwood House, Maidstone Craig Smith 51 17 July 2024 Chatham
Inquest11 April 202512:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneIan Adkins694 February 2025Sheerness
Inquest 11 April 2025 2pm Oakwood House, Maidstone Neil Davison 82 26 December 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest11 April 20253pmOakwood House, Maidstone Roseleen Bell7015 January 2025Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 16 April 202510:30am Oakwood House, Maidstone Scott Copper4328 August 2024Chatham
Inquest16 April 202511:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneJames Reidie7531 February 2025East Farleigh
Inquest16 April 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneDavid Willis7928 June 2024Sheerness
Pre-inquest review17 April 202511amOakwood House, Maidstone Paloma Shemirani2324 July 2024Royal Sussex County Hospital
Inquest22 April 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneNicholas Reynolds4528 September 2024Sittingbourne
Inquest22 April 202511amOakwood House, MaidstoneMaria O'Hare3628 August 2024Canterbury
Inquest 22 April 2025 11:30am Oakwood House, Maidstone April Baker 7410 June 2024 Chatham
Inquest22 April 202511:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneTracy Wickham5811 September 2024Herne Bay
Inquest22 April 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneTerence Prince8120 December 2024Herne Bay
Inquest22 April 20251pmOakwood House, MaidstoneRobert Stevens7926 January 2025Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest22 April 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstonePrincess Fatoke2418 May 2024Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 25 April 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Gerald Sherwin 72 25 September 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest25 April 202511:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneLewis Leggatt393 October 2024Maidstone
Inquest 25 April 2025 12:30pmOakwood House, Maidstone Bernard Keely7018 February 2025Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest25 April 20252:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneTristan Hubbard4316 September 2024Maidstone Hospital
Inquest6 May 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneDarren Coveney535 September 2024Sittingbourne
Inquest 7 May 2025 10:30am Oakwood House, Maidstone Liam Sutton 54 25 December 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 9 May 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Leszek Luszczynski 63 25 October 2024 King's College Hospital London
Inquest 9 May 2025 11:30am Oakwood House, Maidstone Jamie Martin 31 4 December 2024 Gillingham
Inquest 9 May 2025 12pm Oakwood House, Maidstone Timothy Sharp 50 28 November 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 9 May 2025 2pm Oakwood House, Maidstone Karen Gill 51 9 December 2024 Queenborough
Pre inquest review 9 May 2025 3pm Oakwood House, Maidstone Peter Osborne 38 11 June 2024 Rochester
Inquest 16 May 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Adrian Erry 70 30 October 2024 Maidstone Hospital
Inquest 16 May 2025 11:30am Oakwood House, Maidstone Kerry Hollens 41 19 November 2024 Weavering
Inquest 16 May 2025 2pm Oakwood House, Maidstone James Lawlor 50 20 November 2024 M2
Inquest 20 May 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Sheena Roberts 80 13 December 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Pre inquest review 21 May 2025 10:30am Oakwood House, Maidstone Nickolas Fretwell 49 16 October 2024 Elmley, Isle of Sheppey
Inquest 30 May 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Stuart Cordner 48 1 November 2024 Sheerness
Inquest 30 May 2025 11:30am Oakwood House, Maidstone Sarah Saunderson 45 28 December 2024 Hollingbourne
Inquest30 May 202512pmOakwood House, Maidstone Dhan Sunwar 79 26 October 2024 Maidstone Hospital
Inquest 30 May 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneColin Prior8519 January 2025Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest4 June 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneTony King6118 June 2024Isle of Sheppey
Inquest 17 June 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Richard Flack 42 9 December 2024 Walderslade
Inquest 17 June 2025 11am Oakwood House, Maidstone Luke Scotter 31 2 January 2025 Rochester
Inquest 17 June 2025 12pm Oakwood House, Maidstone Drue Walters 18 7 January 2025 Rochester
Inquest17 June 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneGraham Murray3420 February 2025Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 18 June to 11 July 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Azroy Dawes-Clarke 28 10 November 2021 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest20 June 202511amOakwood House, MaidstoneDaniel Smith1914 January 2025Chatham
Inquest9 July 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneKenneth Johnson7820 February 2025Gillingham
Inquest 9 July 202511:30am Oakwood House, Maidstone Leslie Lindridge7823 February 2025Harrietsham
Pre inquest review 16 July 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Thomas Daniel Ruggiero 39 16 November 2024 Eastchurch
Inquest 16 July 2025 10:30am Oakwood House, Maidstone Thomas Daniel Ruggiero 39 16 November 2024 Eastchurch
Inquest 21 July to 24 July 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Artemis Sanson 1 9 June 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Pre inquest review3 September 202510:30amOakwood House, Maidstone Bradley Norman1823 February 2025Eastchurch
Pre inquest review24 September 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneTony Collins3723 January 2025Rochester
Inquest22 October 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneLiam Elston3611 February 2025Isle of Sheppey
Inquest24 October 202510amOakwood House, MaidstonePeter Turner856 February 2025Sheerness