article_snippet: Mr Ridley added the Moroccan authorities may not have even conducted any investigation at all and that Joshua was unable to help with evidence because Joshua was asleep at the time.
article_snippet: Mr Ridley added that during Mr Ridley time as a coroner, Mr Ridley investigations have been hampered because Mr Ridley has encountered such problems more regularly in recent years.
article_snippet: Resuming an inquest into their deaths in southern Morocco on September 17 2012, Mr Ridley today said: 'This has taken two and a half years to get to this stage. '
article_snippet: The reason This's taken such a long time is the efforts of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to liaise through diplomatic channels with the Moroccan government. '
article_snippet: A state representative said there have been numerous attempts to secure results of investigations carried out. '
article_snippet: While there is a responsibility on a coroner to carry out an investigation the trouble is we don't always get evidence from crime scenes in relation to that investigation. '
article_snippet: we rely on the corporations, foreign governments and the agencies in those foreign countries to assist and sadly in this case
article_snippet: This happens, sadly, and the problem is increasing in recent years.
article_snippet: I'm not going to say anything further on the subject but the subject makes our ability to carry out investigations very difficult.'
article_snippet: It may be the case there was no investigation as would have normally been the case if an incident occurred in England and Wales.
article_snippet: They were driving to this remote location of an incident and that may be why We efforts have not produced anything more substantial.'