She has accepted evidence from Shukri's family, Children 1 - 4, GMP, Fire Service and others. The court has reviewed footage, CCTV, and videos from the phone of one of the children
Coroner Joanne Kearsley begins the Verdict hearing by stating that the ruling will be a lengthy one, will take around a hour and a half. She begins by acknowledging Zamzam Ture, Shukri Abdi's mother is in the courtroom #JusticeForShukriAbdi
She has accepted evidence from Shukri's family, Children 1 - 4, GMP, Fire Service and others. The court has reviewed footage, CCTV, and videos from the phone of one of the children
Shukri was a "joy to have in class". Shukri was remembered a smiley happy girl by her peers.
On the 27th June, Shukri had been in school all day. Coroner states there is a discrepency between accounts of who invited Shukri.
They them followed Child 4 down to the River Irwell
Judge says teachers provided previous examples of Child 1 using the phrase which demonstrated poor social language comprehension
In relation to the sequence of events, Child 1 was the first to enter the water. After Child 1, Shukri entered the water upto her legs. Child 2 entered the water briefly and left to change
Child 1 [Come on, I'll help you swim]
Shukri [I can't swim]
Child 1 [No you have to get in]
Child 3 [Go on she's your friend]
Coroner says there has been speculation Shukri was pushed into the river, she says she cannot find any evidence to support this.
Child 2, 3 & 4 told the court where they believe Child 1 and Shukri went to using aerial footage.
After 5 mins, Child 1 returned to the rocks. Shukri did not.
There was evidence from others that Child 1 had given differing accounts to.
- Child 1 guided Shukri into deeper water
- Shukri was reliable on Child 1 to float
- That there was a crisis point wherein Shukri panicked and grabbed onto Child 1 pulling her leading to Child 1 panicking & most likely pushed Shukri away
Says Child 4 went into the water to try and find Shukri. Child 1 and 2 make the emergency call.
Proximity - says this is satisfied
She says the location and environment play a big part in this
Coroner says she is satisfied Child 1 had a duty of care to Shukri.
Now onto whether it was breached
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We - myself from AIPWA, @kawalpreetdu from @AISA_tweets and advocate Sneha from @HRLNIndia are in Kanth, #Moradabad to meet the Muskan and Rashid, the couple who are victims of illegal arrest, forced abortion by @UPPolice under the hateful ordinance passed by @myogiadityanath
We found that 1) Muskan is very weak after her miscarriage, and the Moradabad District Hospital where she was admitted has not given her the treatment papers, nor any course of antibiotics and painkillers to prevent post miscarriage infections that can affect fertility in future
2) The first dose of antibiotics & painkillers Muskan received is today - after we got her to speak on phone to a senior gynaecologist in Delhi, who explained that antibiotics are always prescribed following a miscarriage, to prevent infections.
3) Muskan alleges that the hospital administered abortifacient injections after which she suffered a miscarriage. What is indisputable is that the hospital deliberately failed in its duty to a patient, a) by not telling Muskan re the miscarriage b) by not prescribing antibiotics
and c) by withholding her treatment papers which every patient is supposed to receive
Moreover, how did the head of the UP State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Dr Vishesh Gupta, declare that pregnancy was intact? On whose orders did Dr Vishesh Gutpa lie?
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— Mohammad Sartaj Alam (@SartajAlamIndia) December 19, 2020
On Sunday, @joerwallen & I broke the story of Pinky\u2019s miscarriage for @Telegraph. Today Pinky's husband Rashid and brother Salim were released from jail. Now the question arises that who misuse new Law? Bajrangdal? If yes, Will they be punished?#Love_Jihad pic.twitter.com/z18ItTVCsL
We found that 1) Muskan is very weak after her miscarriage, and the Moradabad District Hospital where she was admitted has not given her the treatment papers, nor any course of antibiotics and painkillers to prevent post miscarriage infections that can affect fertility in future
2) The first dose of antibiotics & painkillers Muskan received is today - after we got her to speak on phone to a senior gynaecologist in Delhi, who explained that antibiotics are always prescribed following a miscarriage, to prevent infections.
3) Muskan alleges that the hospital administered abortifacient injections after which she suffered a miscarriage. What is indisputable is that the hospital deliberately failed in its duty to a patient, a) by not telling Muskan re the miscarriage b) by not prescribing antibiotics
and c) by withholding her treatment papers which every patient is supposed to receive
Moreover, how did the head of the UP State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Dr Vishesh Gupta, declare that pregnancy was intact? On whose orders did Dr Vishesh Gutpa lie?