Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter An inquest into the death of Sarah Everard has opened as inquiries continue into the cause of her death.
Miss Everard’s parents, brother and sister watched proceedings this morning (March 18) as the inquest was opened and adjourned in Kent.
The 33-year-old Londoner went missing on March 3 while walking home after visiting a friend near Clapham Common. Her body was found in woodland near Ashford in Kent a week later.
Inquiries as to her cause of death are still under way after an initial post-mortem examination was inconclusive, a coroner said today.
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