Windrush hearing walk-out

The family of a Windrush migrant who was trying to prove his British citizenship when he died has walked out of his inquest.

Relatives of Dexter Bristol, who collapsed in the street and died while caught up in the immigration scandal, had wanted to make submissions to the court about the role Home office policy might have played in his death.

But coroner Dr William Dol- man ruled the Home Office should not be an interested party in the inquest because its policy was not relevant to the immediate circumstances of the 57-year-old’s death.

After unsuccessfully applying for an adjournment at St Pancras Coroner’s Court for a judicial review, Mr Bristol’s mother Sentina said the family was “disappointed” and fighting for justice.

She said: “We want justice. That’s what we’re fighting for – justice. That’s what I would like to see happen.”