Hearings commenced in the Cranston Inquiry yesterday. The Inquiry will investigate the UK’s worst small boats disaster, when at least 27 people lost their lives crossing the English Channel in a small boat in November 2021. Hearings will take place over the next four weeks.
James Robottom, Zoe McCallum, and Rosalind Comyn represent the families of the bereaved and one survivor of the tragedy, led by Sonali Naik KC, instructed by Maria Thomas and Nicholas Hughes at Duncan Lewis.
The opening statement of the families and survivor was given yesterday and can be read here.
Today the survivor Issa Mohamed Omar is giving evidence. The hearings can be viewed live here
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