“I’d like to express my deepest condolences…the pain you’ve endured is unimaginable…and the quiet dignity which you’ve shown throughout this inquest is truly inspirational” - The gunman’s GP to the families of the victims of the Keyham shootings, as he begins his his evidence.

Plymouth gunman was “very well liked, funny clever, intelligent, inquisitive…” The teacher who gave a reference to police for his shotgun licence application is giving evidence to the inquest. Keyham Inquest Day 8.

“She feared [him], I used to see her flinching around him. The way he spoke to her and treated her like a slave - it was brutal some of the things I used to see…” Former partner of the gunman’s mother tells the court about his experiences living with them both for four months.

“If I’d have known he had ammunition for [wild boar] I would have questioned that” The uncle who introduced the Plymouth gunman to the clay pigeon shooting which he said he wanted his licence for gives evidence to the inquest.

"Jake Davison should not have had a licence - it should not have been given back to him - for that, we very much apologise..." Chief Superintendent Roy Linden, from Devon and Cornwall Police, says sorry to bereaved families at the Keyham inquest this afternoon.

LISTEN: Police Commissioner Alison Hernandez answers questions after inquest jury finds police failures led to the deaths of the five people killed in the Plymouth shootings - bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f…

WATCH - our film on the terrible events in Plymouth in August 2021: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

WATCH: ⁦⁦Preventing future deaths: Martyn Oates⁩ asks his guests about the Plymouth Coroner’s recommendations following the inquest into the fatal shooting of five people in Keyham in 2021. Discussion on gun law starts at 12:14 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Lots of important info in this thread from Kathryn Stanczyszyn

The family of Michael Riddiough-Allen in #Bodmin say today's verdicts were "not a victory", adding "There are no winners here. It is not just our family who lost someone they loved that night." More with Angela Kalwaites on BBC Cornwall plus full reports BBC South West from

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I knew we had to try to make this film within 10 minutes of meeting Michael’s family. Please watch, especially if you know someone who carries a knife: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

WATCH: Killer in the Attic: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… Michael Riddiough-Allen was murdered while trying to prevent a man who had already injured four people from harming others. His killer was found hiding in an attic. Ben Woolvin | #TheBigCases | BBC iPlayer | Vicky Lee-Middleton

This film is a tough but important watch. If you are someone who carries a knife or if you know someone who does, please heed the powerful words of Michael’s heartbroken sister on the Court steps ….”Leave it in the drawer”. Michael was clearly so loved by all he touched. RIP.

"The disappoint & upset surrounding this is indescribable": the son who's devastated by lack of change after an inquest. George Shepherd talks to Ben Woolvin BBC Devon as new study of bereaved families' experiences of inquests is published. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #VoicingLoss

“He has to see that public confidence in Devon and Cornwall Police is best served by him choosing to retire or resign” - a year after the Devon and Cornwall Chief Constable was suspended, a former Police and Crime Commissioner says the situation is urgent: bbc.com/news/articles/…

Call for youth workers numbers to more than double bbc.com/news/articles/…

It was the double killing that shocked the whole of Cornwall - but now the Firkins brothers, convicted of the A39 Perch Garage murders at #Wadebridge in 2003, have been cleared Listen to the latest with Ben Woolvin BBC South West via BBC Sounds ⤵️ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

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