Professor Fenella Kirkham was our neurological medical witness. Her report was rejected by Coroner Dr Brian Farrell and was not allowed to be entered into evidence, nor was she allowed testify to the inquest on Mirek’s behalf.
“Expert witness Professor Fenella Kirkham told the Manchester inquest: ‘If the diagnosis had been made between the evening of July 5 and the early hours of July 8, then I think appropriate preventative strategies as I have set out in the report would have meant that on the balance of probabilities, Victoria wouldn’t have died.’
By the time an MRI and CT scans took place on July 8 and 9, Victoria’s condition was said to be ‘irreversible’. She died at the hospital on July 12, 2019, after suffering a stroke.”
