Coroner asks Home Office for statement on man’s death on Bibby Stockholm

Coroner gives department six weeks to respond as inquest opens into death of Leonard Farruku on barge

A coroner has given the Home Office six weeks to provide a written statement on the case of an asylum seeker who is believed to have killed himself onboard the Bibby Stockholm barge.

During a brief inquest opening, the senior coroner, Rachael Griffin, said there were not thought to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of the 27-year-old Albanian man, Leonard Farruku.

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