Family Hope Hearing Will Identify Lessons To Be learned

The long-awaited inquest into the death of Leeds teacher Ann Maguire who was stabbed by a pupil in April 2014 is to begin on Monday (13th November) at Wakefield Coroners’ Court.

Spanish teacher Ann Maguire, 61, was stabbed to death by Will Cornick at Corpus Christi Catholic College, Leeds, in April 2014. The school pupil, who was 15 at the time, admitted murdering Mrs Maguire and was given a life sentence in 2014.

Ann’s family have long campaigned for more investigation into her death and believe that more could have been done to prevent the tragedy. They instructed law firm Irwin Mitchell to represent them at the Inquest and have battled over the past year for more evidence to be made available at the hearing.

Ann’s husband Don Maguire said: “While we are disappointed that certain evidence will still not be reviewed at the hearing we hope the inquest can shed further light as to whether Ann’s death could have been prevented and whether lessons can be learned from this.

Expert Opinion

“While hearing evidence about Ann’s death will no doubt be difficult for the family, they remain committed to finding out exactly what happened on the day she was killed and the lead up to it. They believe it is the only way that lessons will be learned from the incident.” Yogi Amin - Partner and National Head of Public Law and Human Rights

The inquest is listed for two weeks.