Thread: Darren Sutherlands death third party involved??

The body of Ireland's Olympic bronze medallist Darren Sutherland was exhumed this morning.

A second post-mortem was carried out before his body was re-interred at St Finian's Cemetery in Navan.

The 27-year-old was found dead at an apartment in Bromley last September with suicide by hanging given as the cause.

Last July, Meath County Council granted his family a licence to have his body exhumed, presumably to allow a pathologist from Northern Ireland to carry out an examination on his remains.

Two days ago it was reported that Northern Ireland's state pathologist, Professor Jack Crane, questioned why Darren’s hands were tied when his body was found. Prof Crane went further, describing the initial post-mortem as 'wholly inadequate' after reviewing the results.

He wrote in a letter: “The presence of a ligature, even if only loosely tied around the wrists, raises some concern about the possibility of a third party.”

The Belfast Telegraph reported Prof Crane as saying the post-mortem included no description of the ligature found around Darren's neck, no description of how it was knotted, an “inadequate description” of the marks on his neck, and “a lack of detail in respect of the ligature around the wrists”.

He described the toxicology report as “meaningless” because it did not specify what drugs or alcohol were screened for.

The inquest into Darren’s death was opened and adjourned last September and a hearing is due to be held in November. After considering Prof Crane's views, the solicitor acting for Mr Sutherland's family advised exhumation.

Darren Sutherland tragedy continues as his body is exhumed | news.boxrec.com




It's a further terrible development in what is one of boxing's most tragic stories of recent years.

Tragic. It's like Gatti and his supposed "suicide." There are questions that need to be answered.