Stardust jury seek legal guidance after second day of deliberations

A family member touches her Stardust lapel pin outside the Dublin Coroner's Court on March 28th, 2024. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wireinquest jury concluded on Thursday with the jurors seeking legal guidance on several matters that they must consider before returning their verdicts on the deaths of the 48 victims.

The first question related to question four of the general questionnaire, with which the jury had been presented at the start of their deliberations, in which reference was made to factors contributing to the spread of the fire. The jury asked whether they were expected to answer yes to this, even if the factor was not significant and only minor.

The next question asked by the jury was whether there was a methodology in answering the questions and arriving at a verdict. Dr Cullinane said that the jury were asking how this questionnaire would be utilised by the court and whether it could be used in subsequent legal cases.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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