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| Shoreham Airshow inquest to be held without a jury | |
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| An inquest into the deaths of 11 men in the Shoreham air crash will be held without a jury, a coroner has ruled. | An inquest into the deaths of 11 men in the Shoreham air crash will be held without a jury, a coroner has ruled. |
| Lawyers for the families had previously argued a jury was "vital" at the hearing. | |
| At a pre-inquest review, senior coroner Penelope Schofield said the six-week inquest would be held in September. | |
| Pilot Andrew Hill, whose vintage jet crashed on to the A27 in West Sussex during the Shoreham Airshow in 2015, was last year cleared of manslaughter. | Pilot Andrew Hill, whose vintage jet crashed on to the A27 in West Sussex during the Shoreham Airshow in 2015, was last year cleared of manslaughter. |
| He was attempting a loop manoeuvre when the Hawker Hunter aircraft he was flying plunged on to the dual carriageway on 22 August and exploded into a fireball. | He was attempting a loop manoeuvre when the Hawker Hunter aircraft he was flying plunged on to the dual carriageway on 22 August and exploded into a fireball. |
| Ms Schofield said she accepted the case raised "questions of great public importance". | |
| She promised a "fearless and impartial" investigation and added: "As a coroner, I will be able to make very detailed and reasoned factual findings which will be made public. | |
| "It is my decision that the public interest can be better served by myself sitting alone." |
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