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.
| Type | Date | Time | Place of inquest | Name | Age | Date of death | Place of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inquest | 3 to 11 February 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Piotr Zmijewski | 48 | 9 September 2023 | Maidstone |
| Inquest | 11 February 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Glenda Hamblin | 68 | 17 August 2024 | Littlehampton |
| Inquest | 11 February 2025 | 12pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Luke Wallace | 37 | 15 July 2024 | Maidstone |
| Inquest | 11 February 2025 | 2pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Karen Ovenell | 43 | 16 August 2024 | Harrietsham |
| Inquest | 12 February 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Peter Osborne | 38 | 11 June 2024 | Rochester |
| Inquest | 12 February 2025 | 2:30pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Terence Gilmore | 65 | 14 April 2024 | Gillingham |
| Inquest | 14 February 2025 | 10an | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Barry Pitcher | 74 | 18 November 2024 | Rochester |
| Inquest | 17 February 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Sean Higgins | 45 | 7 February 2024 | Rochester |
| Inquest | 18 February 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Alan Martin | 72 | 18 September 2024 | West Malling |
| Inquest | 18 February 2025 | 12pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Lee Davis | 32 | 4 September 2024 | Chatham |
| Inquest | 18 February 2025 | 1pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Audry Abbott | 88 | 12 January 2025 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| Inquest | 18 February 2025 | 2pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Paul Parkhouse-Arkell | 47 | 20 September 2024 | Gillingham |
| Inquest | 24 February to 4 March 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Igor Vujkovic | 35 | 11 May 2024 | Maidstone |
| Inquest | 25 February 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Andrew Bottrill | 47 | 24 October 2024 | Medway City Estate |
| Inquest | 25 February 2025 | 11am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Gabrielle Sullivan | 88 | 11 April 2024 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| Inquest | 25 February 2025 | 11am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Regan Phillips | 25 | 22 October 2024 | Rochester |
| Inquest | 25 February 2025 | 11:30am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Luke Beaufils | 22 | 17 March 2024 | Wollstonecraft |
| Inquest | 25 February 2025 | 12:30pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Walter Scott | 90 | 14 November 2024 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| Inquest | 25 February 2025 | 1pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Patricia Holden | 86 | 25 December 2024 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| Inquest | 25 February 2025 | 2pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Darren Forecast | 57 | 27 December 2024 | Sittingbourne |
| Inquest | 25 February 2025 | 2pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Margaret Masters | 90 | 10 July 2024 | Gillingham |
| Inquest | 3 March 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Christopher Rigby | 76 | 31 October 2023 | Maidstone |
| Inquest | 4 March 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Sam Hamilton | 33 | 12 November 2024 | Teynham |
| Inquest | 4 March 2025 | 11am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Michael Moore | 72 | 12 November 2024 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| Inquest | 4 March 2025 | 12pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Robert Gebbie | 82 | 23 December 2024 | Gillingham |
| Inquest | 4 March 2025 | 12:30pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Alfred Dolman | 90 | 9 December 2024 | Sittingbourne |
| Inquest | 4 March 2025 | 1pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Keith Shrubsall | 94 | Medway Maritime Hospital | |
| Inquest | 4 March 2025 | 1:30pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Ming Jiang | 50 | 21 July 2024 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| Inquest | 4 March 2025 | 2pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Clive Richards | 71 | 1 January 2025 | Rochester |
| Inquest | 4 March 2025 | 3:30pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Colin Chamberlain | 59 | 11 September 2024 | Rochester |
| Pre inquest review | 5 March 2025 | 10:30am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Michael Pugh | 29 | 29 June 2024 | Eastchurch |
| Inquest | 11 March 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Adam Jeys | 42 | 8 September 2024 | Aylesford |
| Inquest | 11 March 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Tony King | 61 | 18 June 2024 | Eastchurch |
| Inquest | 11 March 2025 | 11am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Grace Ruddom | 95 | 30 July 2024 | Maidstone |
| Pre inquest review | 11 March 2025 | 11am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Richard Luck | 65 | 9 September 2024 | Kings College Hospital |
| Inquest | 11 March 2025 | 2pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Mark Rayfield | 49 | 4 July 2024 | Gillingham |
| Inquest | 11 March 2025 | 3pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Darren Coveney | 53 | 5 September 2024 | Sittingbourne |
| Inquest | 12 March 2025 | 12:30pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Stephen Ryan | 72 | 7 September 2024 | Aylesford |
| Inquest | 12 to 31 March 2025 | 10:30am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Simon Faherty | 20 | 20 November 2023 | Sheerness |
| Inquest | 18 March 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Mark Collings | 61 | 24 December 2023 | Rochester |
| Pre inquest review | 24 March 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Azroy Dawes-Clarke | 28 | 10 November 2021 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| Inquest | 24 March 2025 | 2pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Michael Wickham | 45 | 20 August 2024 | Gillingham |
| Inquest | 24 March 2025 | 2:30pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Janice Hoskins | 63 | 17 September 2024 | West Malling |
| 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 |
| Inquest | 25 March 2025 | 2pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | James Dunne | 69 | 5 May 2024 | Gillingham |
| Inquest | 1 to 2 April 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Richard Luck | 65 | 9 September 2024 | Kings College Hospital |
| Inquest | 1 April 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Joyce Woolf | 90 | 18 January 2025 | Rochester |
| Inquest | 1 April 2025 | 11am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Wendy Washington | 62 | 3 January 2025 | Maidstone Hospital |
| Inquest | 1 April 2025 | 11:30am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Jennifer Stedall | 75 | 22 January 2025 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| 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 | 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 |
| Inquest | 11 April 2025 | 2pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Neil Davison | 82 | 26 December 2024 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| Inquest | 11 April 2025 | 3pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Roseleen Bell | 15 January 2025 | 70 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| Inquest | 16 April 2025 | 10:30am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Scott Copper | 43 | 28 August 2024 | Chatham |
| Inquest | 22 April 2025 | 11:30am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | April Baker | 74 | 10 June 2024 | Chatham |
| Inquest | 24 April 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Gerald Sherwin | 72 | 25 September 2024 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| Inquest | 28 April to 2 May 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Artemis Sanson | 1 | 9 June 2024 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| 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 | 21 May 2025 | 12:30pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Michael Kyne | 91 | 23 November 2024 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| 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 |
| Inquest | 30 May 2025 | 12pm | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Dhan Sunwar | 79 | 26 October 2024 | Maidstone Hospital |
| 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 |
| Inquest | 18 June to 11 July 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Azroy Dawes-Clarke | 28 | 10 November 2021 | Medway Maritime Hospital |
| Inquest | 27 June 2025 | 10am | Oakwood House, Maidstone | Daniel Hunt | 20 | 9 January 2025 | Ryarsh |
| 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 |