article_snippet: the police force – which has repeatedly come under fire for their botched investigation into the deaths – argued in a hearing earlier this month that Pte Pte James’s inquest should be heard alongside inquests into the deaths of the other three soldiers –
article_snippet: The High Court ruled there was an ‘insufficiency of inquiry’ at the original 1995 inquest into Pte James’ death which lasted just an hour.
article_snippet: A hearing was held earlier this month to set a date for a fresh inquest later this year, but lawyers acting on behalf of the police called for it be stayed until all of the other cases were prepared.
article_snippet: These deserve separate individual careful inquests.
article_snippet: It has since emerged that even the families of Sean Benton and James Collinson do not want all the inquests to be treated as one case.
article_snippet: At the pre inquest review His Honour Justice Barker was asked to consider the merits of holding any new inquests arising from the deaths of Pte Cheryl James, Pte Sean Benton, Pte Geoff Gray and Pte James Collinson, together or individually.