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Malcolm Budd

21 July 2026Coroner: Dianne HockingArea: Leicestershire City and South Leicestershire

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Coroner

I am Mrs Dianne Hocking, Assistant Coroner for the coroner area of Leicester City and South Leicestershire.

Legal Powers

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DATE OF REPORT 21 July 2026

Legal Powers

I make this report under paragraph 7, Schedule 5, of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and regulations 28 and 29 of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013.

Your Response

Your response must contain details of action taken or proposed to be taken, setting out the timetable for action. Otherwise, you must explain why no action is proposed. I have a duty to send a copy of your response to the Chief Coroner. In accordance with the Chief Coroner’s Publication Policy, you should send me any representations regarding publication of your response. These representations should be made at the same time as the response is provided. I will pass any representations received to the Chief Coroner for a decision. Please note any links to webpages included in the response will not be checked for sensitive information prior to publication, as the information is already online . The names of those who do not respond to PFD reports are regularly published on the Chief Coroner’s webpages Non-responses to Prevention ofFuture Death (PFD) reports – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary .

Action Required

SUMMARY OF CORONER’S CONCERN I am making this report before the conclusion of the inquest. See (10)

Action Required

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In my opinion unless action is taken to address the above concerns then there is a significant risk of future deaths and I believe each of you have the power to take such action.

Investigation and Inquest

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A Pre-Inquest Review Hearing took place on the 21 July 2026 and the inquest set for 04 September 2026 initially has been put back to possibly October 2026 due to unavailability of witnesses. In my opinion this report cannot wait until the conclusion of the inquest.

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