Dr Myra Cullinane answered series of questions posed by jurors, who are deliberating for a seventh day
Stardust : Establishing facts about fatal fire would not imply wrongdoing or law breaches, coroner says Stardust inquests jury to return on Wednesday after fifth day considering verdictsIn response to a question as to whether answering ‘Yes’ to a question about the circumstances of the fire would imply “failure or breach or wrong doing”, Dr Cullinane said: “You are answering factual questions...
In addition to answering questions around the circumstances of the fire, jurors must return verdicts in respect of each of the 48 deceased people. The verdicts open to the jury are accidental, misadventure, unlawful killing, open and narrative. When charging the jurors last month, Dr Cullinane said they must be “dispassionate” and “clinical” and “put emotions aside”, adding that they were “under no time pressure” to reach their conclusions.
Explaining the different verdicts, she spent time detailing the parameters within which the jurors must confine themselves if considering a verdict of unlawful killing. “You have heard evidence in this case about how certain things were done and how they might have been done differently. Some of that evidence sought to set out a particular version of events,” she said. “However, neither you nor I are allowed to record any conclusion ... which attaches criminal responsibility or civil responsibility to any person.
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