New inquest in Bristol into Hogan boy's death

A new inquest into the death of Liam Hogan, who was thrown from a Greek hotel balcony by his father, will be held in November, it has been announced.

The two-day inquest is being held after the High Court overturned Avon Coroner Paul Forrest's original verdict of unlawful killing, recorded at an inquest in March last year, on procedural grounds.

The new hearing will be held at Flax Bourton Coroners' Court on November 12 and 13 before another coroner, Maria Voisin.

Liam's father John Hogan is now back in Bristol after being cleared of a murder charge by a Greek court last year and spending a further 16 months in a psychiatric hospital near Athens.

He was last known to be staying at the Callington Road psychiatric hospital in Brislington as a voluntary patient. Hogan was found not guilty of Liam's murder in a Greek court on the grounds that he was insane at the time.

High Court judges quashed Mr Forrest's inquest verdict and ordered a fresh hearing in April, after stating that the coroner's failure to consider the question of Hogan's mental state was a "really quite serious error of law".

The judges ordered the case must go back "for further consideration".