A couple were found dead inside a crashed van hours after it was followed by a police officer on mobile patrol, an inquest has heard. Ryan Duffy, 24, and Ellie Marsden, 20, both from Wigan, died when ...

A couple on holiday were found dead at the side of the road in Cumbria hours after they were followed by police, an inquest has heard.

Ellie Marsden, 20, and Ryan Duffy, 24, had travelled to spend a night at a hotel hours before they were found dead in a ditch ...

Small amounts of cocaine and cannabis were found inside the van. Ryan’s head injury was ... This morning (Monday), assistant coroner Joseph Hart directed jurors not to make conclusions about ...

Ellie Marsden, 20, and Ryan Duffy, 24, both from Wigan, were found dead on a narrow country road in Cumbria having earlier ...

Inside the van were driver Ryan Duffy ... Asked why, by assistant coroner Joseph Hart, PC Stevenson said: “To see where the vehicle was going and to make a stop, potentially, for that traffic ...

Assistant coroner Joseph Hart told the jury at the ... east of the village of Kings Meaburn - came across a crashed van. Inside were the bodies of Ellie and Ryan. Witness Bill Offord, who had ...

Inside were the bodies of Ellie and Ryan ... the time Ellie and Ryan left the pub and got into the Berlingo van,” said the coroner. Jurors would consider the route and journey taken by ...

Assistant coroner Joseph Hart revealed to the 11-person ... south-east of Kings Meaburn village - discovered a crashed van. Inside were the bodies of Ellie and Ryan. "The van was straight off ...