Young Derbyshire man 'did not intend' to overdose on pain killer

Shane Robert Hall died at his home on Ledo Avenue, Ripley, on September 26 last year after taking a higher quantity of the drug than he intended.

Recording a verdict of misadventure, assistant coroner Emma Serrano told Chesterfield coroners’ court Mr Hall ‘did not intend the consequence of his actions’.

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She passed on her deepest condolences to Mr Hall’s family at the hearing on Thursday, July 16.

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