New inquest into pollution death

Lewisham

A mother won her battle for a fresh inquest into the death of her nine-year-old daughter which has been linked to rising air pollution levels. Ella Kissi-Debrah died in February 2013 after three years of seizures and 27 visits to hospital for asthma attacks. Her mother Rosamund, applied to the High Court for a fresh inquest following new evidence which persuaded the Attorney General the original verdict of the coroner could be overturned. High Court judges ruled a report by…

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