Ricky Hatton inquest to open as details of death | Boxing News

An inquest into the death of British boxing legend Ricky Hatton will open on Thursday morning, just over a month after his passing at the age of 46. The former world champion was found deceased at his residence in Hyde, Greater Manchester, on September 14, sending shockwaves throughout the sporting group.

His funeral then happened this Friday, with 1000’s of mourners gathering along Manchester’s streets and quite a few celebrities attending the service at the town’s cathedral. A month following the tragedy, restricted info is on the market concerning what occurred to Hatton, with his trigger of death remaining undisclosed to the public.

Nevertheless, additional details surrounding his death will now emerge on Thursday, after police – who don’t suspect any felony exercise – handed the matter on to the coroner. The inquest opening is formally scheduled to happen at South Manchester Coroners’ Court in Stockport at 9am on Thursday, and will likely be performed before the world’s senior coroner Alison Mutch.

Inquests are initiated by coroners when there exists cheap grounds to consider that a death has resulted from circumstances other than natural causes. Although there’s no actual legal definition of a ‘natural’ trigger of death, it’s usually characterised as “death due to a disease running its full course with no other intervening factors.”

An inquest opening is a transient administrative listening to where the coroner formally begins the investigation into the death. Then, the coroner will confirm the id of the deceased, along with the medical trigger of death if established, while the basic circumstances surrounding the death might also be outlined.

The coroner will then resolve whether or not a full inquest is required and postpone the listening to to a later date for a review or closing listening to. A timetable is then set for the next phases of the investigation – including gathering witness statements and studies – as nicely as scheduling any crucial future hearings.

Hatton was candid about his battles with his mental health, with his 13-year-old daughter Millie’s devastating eulogy at his funeral seeing her plead with him: “Why didn’t you reach out?” Speaking to the congregation inside Manchester Cathedral during the service, she said: “I can’t help but think about how you will never walk me down the aisle, how you will never meet my children and your grandchildren, how you won’t be here to see me leave school or even see me grow into an adult.

“Why did you’re feeling that manner? Why did not you attain out about how you felt? I genuinely hope you do not ever assume you have got let me down, because I might never assume that. I really like and miss you unconditionally.”

Paul Speak, Hatton’s friend and long-standing manager, was the one who discovered the 46-year-old’s body at his Manchester residence when he arrived to escort him to the airport. Initially believing that the former boxing champion had merely overslept, it wasn’t until he ventured upstairs that he uncovered the tragic truth.

“The lights weren’t on, which I believed was unusual,” he told Boxing News: “I believed he’d overslept, but it is commonplace. People do oversleep. So, I went inside – I’ve a key – shouting; ‘Rick, Rick, wake up’! I heard music coming from upstairs, so I went upstairs… I took a look at him… I had to take some time to course of it.

“I was in a state of shock and confusion and loss and many more emotions,” he added. “Then I called the police and the ambulance. But I firmly believe he didn’t intend to do it. It’s for the coroner to determine, but he had it all to live for.

“He’d organized to take his daughters to see Oasis next week. He was planning to go to Thailand for the WBC conference and a vacation after his struggle. He’d just booked a flight to Tenerife for Christmas. I would like to get the reality out, in any other case people will just speculate.”