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 11 April 2025 11am 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
Inquest15 April 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneVaibhav Goel3329 November 2024Gillingham
Inquest15 April 202511amOakwood House, MaidstoneNicholas Davies6616 November 2024Chatham
Inquest15 April 202511:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneAntony Wilson6222 October 2024Gillingham
Inquest15 April 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneRobert McGuiness5430 December 2024Chatham
Inquest15 April 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneSteven Cosky5425 November 2024Maidstone
Inquest15 April 20252:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneMartin Hepper5222 November 2024Gillingham
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
Inquest16 April 20252:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneBobby-Lee Helsby3018 October 2024Rochester
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, MaidstonePaul Crowhurst472 Janaury 2025Medway Maritime Hospital
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
Inquest6 May 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneDarren Coveney535 September 2024Sittingbourne
Inquest 6 May 20252pmOakwood House, Maidstone Ryan Hoggart3226 October 2024Maidstone
Inquest 7 May 2025 10:30am Oakwood House, Maidstone Liam Sutton 54 25 December 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 7 May 202512:30pmOakwood House, Maidstone John Bennett8814 February 2025Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Inquest7 May 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneAngela Ackroyd5510 July 2024Maidstone
Inquest7 May 20253pmOakwood House, MaidstoneSean Bingham5116 November 2024Maidstone
Inquest7 May 20253:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneTristan Hubbard4316 September 2024Maidstone 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
Inquest20 May 2025 2pmOakwood House, MaidstoneSally Young5618 July 2024Gillingham
Pre inquest review 21 May 2025 10:30am Oakwood House, Maidstone Nickolas Fretwell 49 16 October 2024 Elmley, Isle of Sheppey
Inquest 28 May 2025 10am Oakwood House, Maidstone Gerald Sherwin 72 25 September 2024 Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest28 May 202511:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneLewis Leggatt393 October 2024Maidstone
Inquest 28 May 202512:30pmOakwood House, Maidstone Bernard Keely7018 February 2025Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest28 May 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneJohn Avery888 January 2025Maidstone
Inquest28 May 20252:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneChristine McCarthy895 March 2025Canterbury
Inquest28 May 20254pmOakwood House, MaidstoneNaboth Nusemamuriwo477 March 2025Rochester
Inquest28 May 20254pmOakwood House, MaidstoneElizabeth Tait7628 August 2024Queensborough
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
Inquest 4 June 202510amOakwood House, Maidstone Martin Wells616 March 2025Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest4 June 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneMichael Flowers761 March 2025Medway Maritime Hospital
Inquest 4 June 202511amOakwood House, MaidstoneMichael Reynolds 89 24 December 2024 Maidstone Hospital
Inquest4 June 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneTerence Schultz792 March 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
Inquest20 June 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneThomas Clarkson3319 February 2025Wateringbury
Pre inquest review2 July 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneMichael Pugh2929 June 2024Isle of Sheppey
Inquest9 July 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneKenneth Johnson7820 February 2025Gillingham
Inquest 9 July 202511:30am Oakwood House, Maidstone Leslie Lindridge7823 February 2025Harrietsham
Inquest9 July 202512:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneEmma Bartle544 March 2025Larkfield
Inquest 9 July 20252pmOakwood House, Maidstone David Madden6126 February 2025Rochester
Inquest9 July 20253pmOakwood House, MaidstoneKirandeep Sehmby368 September 2024France
Inquest11 July 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneEmily Jenkins582 March 2025Maidstone Hospital
Inquest11 July 202511amOakwood House, MaidstoneTeddy Wilkins-Bone2011 March 2025Queenborough
Inquest11 July 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneMaurice Nicholas7410 March 2025River Medway
Inquest14 to 21 July 202510:30am Oakwood House, MaidstoneMichael Pugh2929 June 2024Isle of Sheppey
Pre inquest review 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
Inquest28 July to 3 August 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstonePaloma Shemirani2324 July 2024Royal Sussex County 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
Inquest22 October 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneLiam Elston3611 February 2025East Church
Inquest24 October 202510amOakwood House, MaidstonePeter Turner856 February 2025Sheerness
Inquest24 October 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneBrian James8123 February 2025Medway Maritime Hospital