Court permanently suspends inquest of murder victim who 'died from single stab wound'

Area coroner Johanna Thompson formally recorded that the investigation into the death of Felizardo Jose Vieira-Balde would not resume because criminal proceedings had concluded.

Speaking at Norfolk Coroner’s Court, Ms Thompson explained that an inquest had originally been opened into the death but was suspended while a murder investigation and subsequent criminal prosecution took place.

She said: “Criminal proceedings have now been instituted and concluded. The defendant has been convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Accordingly, I permanently........

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