Sudden Death

Question 1

Factors that may indicate a criminal act are

Answer 1

A death with no apparent cause

Poisoning but no known motive for suicide

A body burned in a building

Signs of injury inconsistent with an accident

And apparent suicide in an unusual position

Question 2

What are the five circumstances in which deaths must be reported to the police and a coroner

Answer 2

A death that appears to be without known cause or suicide or unnatural or violent

A death for which no doctor has given a doctors certificate

A death that occurred during medical surgical or dental treatment

Any death while the woman concerned was giving birth or that appears to have been a result of that woman being pregnant or giving birth

Any death an official custody or care