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Chapter 10 Read Witness Statements

INQ001891 - Witness statement of PC Brian Dickinson, dated 16/10/2017. (pdf) - download (533.28 KB)
INQ002005 - Witness statement of Superintendent Susan Peters, dated 09/05/2018. (pdf) - download (493.24 KB)
INQ003625 - Witness statement of PS Antony Banks, dated 28/06/2017. (pdf) - download (145.38 KB)
INQ003664 - Witness statement of PC Justin Casson, dated 31/07/2017. (pdf) - download (2.33 MB)
INQ003678 - Witness statement of PC Mark Conway, dated 29/07/2017. (pdf) - download (7.53 MB)
INQ003730 - Witness statement of PC Philip Healy, dated 23/06/2017. (pdf) - download (1.75 MB)
INQ003757 - Witness statement of PC Jamie McGowan, dated 10/08/2017. (pdf) - download (1.93 MB)
INQ003808 - Witness statement, PS John Whitaker, dated 06/07/2017. (pdf) - download (1.58 MB)
INQ004774 - Witness statement of PC James Williams, dated 06/08/2017. (pdf) - download (640.91 KB)
INQ004851 - Witness statement of Inspector Rob Hawksley, dated 14/09/2017. (pdf) - download (801.63 KB)
INQ004862 - Witness Statement of PC Natasha Feerick, dated 19/04/2018. (pdf) - download (623.68 KB)
INQ004887 - Witness Statement of PS Lee Sharples, dated 01/10/2017. (pdf) - download (589.5 KB)
INQ005030 - Witness Statement of PC Paul Carmody, dated 29/11/2017. (pdf) - download (828.45 KB)
INQ005065 - Witness Statement of PC David Shott, dated 20/12/2017. (pdf) - download (784.19 KB)
INQ005169 - Witness Statement of DI Neil Haywood, dated 18/01/2018. (pdf) - download (659.5 KB)
INQ005556 - Witness Statement of PS Darren Prince, dated 05/01/2018. (pdf) - download (732.4 KB)
INQ005603 - Witness Statement of PC Gary Higginson, dated 07/04/2018. (pdf) - download (456.18 KB)
INQ005866 - Witness Statement of Inspector Jamie Evonston, dated 11/04/2018. (pdf) - download (2.33 MB)
INQ005872 - Witness Statement of PS Paul Evans, dated 22/02/2018. (pdf) - download (618.37 KB)
INQ006018 - Witness Statement of PC Gary Philip Linney, dated 11/05/2018. (pdf) - download (537.16 KB)
INQ006024 - Witness Statement of PC Catherine Daley, dated 01/06/2017. (pdf) - download (2.65 MB)
INQ006316 - Witness Statement of PC Angelo Deponeo, dated 12/07/2018. (pdf) - download (725.27 KB)
INQ006511 - Witness Statement of PC Ian Tonge, dated 15/03/2018. (pdf) - download (731.68 KB)
INQ006790 - Witness Statement of PS James McGowan, dated 14/07/2017. (pdf) - download (621.69 KB)
INQ006928 - Witness Statement of Inspector Michael Wedderburn, dated 29/06/2017. (pdf) - download (486.06 KB)
INQ007012 - Witness Statement of PC Kevin Handley, dated 03/02/2018. (pdf) - download (460.68 KB)
INQ012249 - Witness Statement of PC Stephen Wood, dated 20/10/2017. (pdf) - download (5.98 MB)
INQ012276 - Witness Statement of PC Anthony Leicester, dated 20/10/2017. (pdf) - download (7.6 MB)
INQ012287 - Witness Statement of DS Christopher Broad, dated 15/11/2017. (pdf) - download (717.79 KB)
INQ012320 - Witness Statement of PCSO Dax Byrne-Turner, dated 21/07/2017. (pdf) - download (719.42 KB)
INQ016354 - Witness Statement of DCI Natalie Dalby, dated 22/11/2018. (pdf) - download (685.56 KB)
INQ022515 - Witness Statement of PC Andrew Wallace-McKay, dated 21/11/2018. (pdf) - download (667.75 KB)
INQ022657 - Witness Statement of DC Leigh Carnally, dated 21/07/2017. (pdf) - download (648.35 KB)
INQ029002 - Witness Statement of Inspector Lee Cooklynn, dated 03/12/2019. (pdf) - download (386.44 KB)
INQ029310 - Witness Statement of Chief Inspector Peter Kooper, dated 06/01/2020. (pdf) - download (908.1 KB)
INQ029519 - Witness Statement of GMP officer [F1], dated 07/01/2020. (pdf) - download (285.43 KB)
INQ029536 - Witness Statement of Chief Inspector Dave Murtagh, dated 10/01/2020. (pdf) - download (221.1 KB)
INQ029537 - Witness Statement of DSI Estelle Mathieson, dated 09/01/2020. (pdf) - download (590.21 KB)
INQ029538 - Witness Statement of Insp Alison Thornton, dated 07/01/2020. (pdf) - download (107.91 KB)
INQ029539 - Witness Statement of Chief Inspector Neil Evans, dated 10/01/2020. (pdf) - download (205.48 KB)
INQ029553 - Witness Statement of PC Daniel McCondichie, dated 30/12/2019. (pdf) - download (663.87 KB)
INQ029554 - Witness Statement of DCS Denise Worth, dated 13/01/2020. (pdf) - download (3.74 MB)
INQ029787 - Witness Statement of Inspector Peter Coates, dated 20/01/2020. (pdf) - download (342.75 KB)
INQ029788 - Witness Statement of PS Fred Warburton, dated 17/01/2020. (pdf) - download (3.27 MB)
INQ029827 - Witness Statement of Inspector Michael Wedderburn, dated 28/01/2020. (pdf) - download (1.48 MB)
INQ031173 - Witness Statement of Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Russ Jackson, dated 12/02/2020. (pdf) - download (790.17 KB)
INQ032088 - Witness Statement of Stephen Howard, dated 23/03/2020. (pdf) - download (6.05 MB)
INQ032089 - Witness Statement of former GMP Senior Press Officer Ben Ashworth, dated 24/01/2020. (pdf) - download (4.64 MB)
INQ032092 - Witness Statement of Helen Palfrey, dated 20/03/2020. (pdf) - download (490.4 KB)
INQ034441 - Statement of Amanda Coleman, former Head of GMP's Corporate Communications, dated 06/07/2020. (pdf) - download (415.48 KB)
INQ040617 - Statement of David Whittle, dated 07/03/2021. (pdf) - download (1.67 MB)
INQ040682 - Statement of Stephen Henderson, dated 15/03/2021. (pdf) - download (1.13 MB)
INQ040687 - Statement of June Roby, dated 12/03/2021. (pdf) - download (161.6 KB)
INQ033297 - Witness Statement of PS Andrew Core, dated 09/06/2020. (pdf) - download (4.4 MB)
INQ041383 - Statement of Superintendent Mark Dexter, dated 27/05/2021. (pdf) - download (273.46 KB)
INQ041475 - Statement of DCC Debbie Ford, dated 28/05/2021. (pdf) - download (706.34 KB)
INQ041596 - Statement of Laura Lewis, GMP Emergency Planning Command Co-Ordinator, dated 25/06/2021. (pdf) - download (203.81 KB)
INQ100061 - Statement from Chief Inspector Dale Sexton, dated 26/03/2021. (pdf) - download (82.95 KB)
INQ041480 - Witness Statement of Inspector Ben Dawson, dated 20/05/2021. (pdf) - download (30.03 KB)
INQ041581 - Statement of Chief Inspector Dale Sexton, dated 23/06/2021. (pdf) - download (951.81 KB)
INQ041661 - Witness Statement of Superintendent Graeme Openshaw, dated 07/07/2021. (pdf) - download (247.72 KB)
INQ040447 - Witness Statement of Chief Inspector Mark Nutter, dated 19/02/2021. (pdf) - download (653.54 KB)
INQ041798 - Statement of DCC Ian Pilling, dated 26/07/2021. (pdf) - download (848.76 KB)
INQ004979 - Witness Statement of Stephen English, NWAS HART Paramedic, dated 13/02/2018. (pdf) - download (844.31 KB)
INQ005327 - Witness Statement of Leigh-Sa Smith, Student Paramedic, dated 26/06/2018. (pdf) - download (8.9 MB)
INQ006559 - Witness Statement of Nick Priest, NWAS HART Paramedic, dated 12/02/2018. (pdf) - download (816.63 KB)
INQ006792 - Witness Statement of Kurt Katzmann, NWAS Paramedic, dated 03/08/2018. (pdf) - download (603.76 KB)
INQ006872 - Witness Statement of Shaun Gerrard, NWAS EMT, dated 20/06/2018. (pdf) - download (629.32 KB)
INQ006942 - Witness Statement of Phillip Keogh, NWAS Senior Paramedic, dated 06/03/2018. (pdf) - download (785.89 KB)
INQ012352 - Witness Statement of Lisa Munro, NWAS HART Paramedic, dated 10/08/2018. (pdf) - download (547.46 KB)
INQ022553 - Witness Statement of Angela Batchelor, NWAS EMT, dated 21/03/2018. (pdf) - download (731.01 KB)
INQ022665 - Witness Statement of Piers Peberdy, NWAS Paramedic, dated 29/05/2018. (pdf) - download (647.16 KB)
INQ022772 - Witness Statement of Kerry Jones, NWAS Paramedic, dated 08/03/2018. (pdf) - download (622.2 KB)
INQ029152 - Witness Statement of Stephen Taylor, NWAS Resilience Manager, dated 18/12/2019. (pdf) - download (361.5 KB)
INQ029355 - Witness Statement of Michael Jackson, NWAS Chief Consultant Paramedic, dated 19/12/2019. (pdf) - download (595.15 KB)
INQ029562 - Witness Statement of Alan Bladon, NWAS HART paramedic, dated 17/12/2019. (pdf) - download (6.63 MB)
INQ029565 - Witness Statement of Erica Leahy, NWAS paramedic, dated 06/01/2020. (pdf) - download (683 KB)
INQ029567 - Witness Statement of Malcolm Saunders, NWAS Operations Manager, dated 16/12/2019. (pdf) - download (596.12 KB)
INQ029568 - Witness Statement of Aaron Rogers, NWAS paramedic, dated 13/01/2020. (pdf) - download (739.58 KB)
INQ029569 - Witness Statement of Scott McAughtrie, NWAS EMT, dated 03/01/2020. (pdf) - download (5.21 MB)
INQ029570 - Witness Statement of Paul Goddard, NWAS Performance Manager, dated 18/12/2019. (pdf) - download (546.4 KB)
INQ030910 - Witness Statement of James Bateson, NWAS Operational Manager for HART, dated 31/01/2020. (pdf) - download (3.14 MB)
INQ041605 - Witness Statement of Francis Dreniw, NWAS Sector Manager for South Manchester, dated 29/06/2021. (pdf) - download (293.82 KB)
INQ041728 - Witness Statement of Annemarie Rooney, NWAS Sector Manager for Central Manchester, dated 18/07/2021. (pdf) - download (2.37 MB)
INQ041858 - Statement of Annemarie Rooney, NWAS Sector Manager for Central Manchester, dated 04/08/2021. (pdf) - download (324.48 KB)
INQ029141 - Statement of Daniel Ainsworth, Strategic Head of the NWAS Emergency Operation Centres, dated 17/12/2019. (pdf) - download (2.99 MB)
INQ041974 - Statement of Martin Smith, Clinical Director of the Greater Manchester Major Trauma Network, dated 01/09/2021. (pdf) - download (711.18 KB)
INQ005911 - Witness Statement of Ray Shiel, GMFRS Firefighter, dated 09/01/2018. (pdf) - download (759.42 KB)
INQ006492 - Witness Statement of Mark Baker, GMFRS Firefighter, dated 13/12/2017. (pdf) - download (725.7 KB)
INQ007017 - Witness Statement of Nicky Bradbury, GMFRS Firefighter, dated 21/12/2017. (pdf) - download (745.08 KB)
INQ016335 - Witness Statement of Thomas Ludley, GMFRS Firefighter, dated 29/11/2017. (pdf) - download (721.92 KB)
INQ016366 - Witness Statement of Matthew Fryer, GMFRS Firefighter, dated 11/01/2018. (pdf) - download (710.47 KB)
INQ041549 - Statement of Ben Levy, Area Manager for GMFRS, dated 17/06/2021. (pdf) - download (685.3 KB)
INQ041685 - Statement of Rochelle Fallon, NWFC Control Room Operator, dated 09/07/2021. (pdf) - download (344.2 KB)
INQ035430 - Statement of ACC Nick Bailey on behalf of the Greater Manchester Resilience Forum (GMRF), dated 30/07/2020. (pdf) - download (1.13 MB)
INQ041522 - Statement of Paul Argyle, former Chair of GMRF, dated 11/06/2021. (pdf) - download (150.81 KB)
INQ025154 - Statement of Colin Kelsey, Head of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response for the Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership dated 26/09/2019. (pdf) - download (9.38 MB)
INQ005741 - Witness Statement of Sarah Jade Broadbent, ETUK First Aider, dated 09/08/2017. (pdf) - download (727.5 KB)
INQ006686 - Witness Statement of Georgia Blakeney, ETUK, dated 24/09/2017. (pdf) - download (628.75 KB)
INQ007010 - Witness Statement of Robina Jones, ETUK, dated 22/10/2017. (pdf) - download (768.09 KB)
INQ007047 - Witness Statement of Robert MacFarlane, ETUK First Aider, dated 14/08/2017. (pdf) - download (633.49 KB)
INQ041926 - Witness Statement of Ryan Billington, ETUK, dated 19/08/2021. (pdf) - download (300.62 KB)
INQ006687 - Witness Statement of Usaama Irfan, Showsec steward, dated 14/10/2017. (pdf) - download (611.24 KB)
INQ025063 - Witness Statement of Gemma Lawler, Showsec steward, dated 18/09/2017. (pdf) - download (1.8 MB)
INQ041674 - Statement of James Allen, General Manager of Manchester Arena, dated 08/07/2021. (pdf) - download (404.2 KB)
INQ041975 - Statement of James Allen, General Manager of Manchester Arena, dated 01/09/2021. (pdf) - download (1.37 MB)
INQ024754 - Witness Statement of Andrew Lowe, Station Manager for Northern Rail, dated 10/07/2019. (pdf) - download (1.6 MB)
INQ025579 - Statement of Philip Jones, Crime Reduction Manager at Northern Rail, dated 21/10/2019. (pdf) - download (1.04 MB)
INQ025593 - Witness Statement of David Williams, Manchester North Mobile Operations Manager for Network Rail, dated 24/10/2019. (pdf) - download (286.5 KB)
INQ029439 - Witness Statement of Owen Sanderson, Northern Rail Station Supervisor, dated 15/11/2019. (pdf) - download (4.46 MB)
INQ039080 - Witness Statement of Philip Jones, Crime Reduction Manager at Northern, dated 26/11/2020. (pdf) - download (744.3 KB)
INQ025591 - Witness Statement of James Nattrass, Director of Incident Management and Operational Security at Network Rail, dated 24/10/2019. (pdf) - download (2.85 MB)
INQ024269 - Statement of Kevin Nicholson, College of Policing dated 23/08/2019. (pdf) - download (1.2 MB)
INQ031116 - Statement of PC Kevin Walker, National Events Intelligence Unit (NEIU), dated 04/02/2020. (pdf) - download (1.09 MB)
INQ029822 - Statement of Matthew Parr, on behalf of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS), dated 21/01/2020. (pdf) - download (954.45 KB)
INQ041157 - Statement of Inspector Andrew Buchan (HMICFRS), dated 19/04/2021. (pdf) - download (418.74 KB)
INQ041620 - Statement of Shaun Hipgrave, OSCT Director of Protect and Prepare, dated 01/07/2021. (pdf) - download (824.53 KB)
INQ041868 - Statement of Jeremy Cowen, Emergency Planning Officer for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, dated 19/08/2021. (pdf) - download (710.27 KB)
INQ041918 - Statement of John Rowe, Acting Deputy Director of Operational Strategy for the Health and Safety Executive, dated 12/08/2021. (pdf) - download (58.5 KB)
INQ041989 - Second statement of John Rowe, Acting Deputy Director of Operational Strategy for HSE, dated 03/09/2021. (pdf) - download (1.2 MB)
INQ040968 - Statement of Andy Dark, Assistant General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), dated 24/03/2021. (pdf) - download (4.34 MB)
INQ041379 - Statement of Darron Coster, member of the public, dated 25/05/2021. (pdf) - download (37.06 KB)
INQ042521 – Second statement of Paul Clements, former Chief Superintendent of the OCB, dated 29/10/2021. (pdf) - download (515.48 KB)
INQ042520 – Second witness statement of Chief Inspector Mark Nutter, dated 29/10/2021. (pdf) - download (436.68 KB)
INQ042283 – Policing expert report on recommendations, prepared by Ian Dickinson, Scott Wilson and Iain Sirrell following the oral evidence on 15-17 September 2021. (pdf) - download (724.7 KB)
INQ042167 – Ambulance service expert report on recommendations, provided by Christian Cooper and Mike Herriot following the oral evidence on 10 and 13 September 2021. (pdf) - download (4.4 MB)
INQ042111 – Fire service and fire control expert report on recommendations, provided by Matthew Hall following the oral evidence on 8-9 September 2021. (pdf) - download (3.87 MB)
INQ042452 - Statement of Lucy Noble, Artistic Director at the Royal Albert Hall (RAH), dated 17 November 2021. Statement addresses the care gap on behalf of the RAH. (pdf) - download (952.69 KB)
INQ042483 - Statement of Fraser Swift, Principal Licensing Officer at Manchester City Council (MCC), dated 22 November 2021. Statement addresses the care gap on behalf of MCC. (pdf) - download (1.99 MB)
INQ042484 - Statement of Paul Williams, Head of Security for the O2 Arena, dated 19 November 2021. Statement addresses the care gap on behalf of the O2. (pdf) - download (1.91 MB)
INQ042500 - Statement of Guy Dunstan, Managing Director – Ticketing and Arenas for the NEC Group, dated 26 November 2021. Statement addresses the care gap on behalf of the NEC Group. (pdf) - download (958.77 KB)
INQ042524 - Statement of Dr Timothy Smith, Associate Medical Director with responsibility for Critical Care (NWAS), dated 13 December 2021. Statement relates to the possibility of administering pre-hospital blood transfusions. (pdf) - download (1.73 MB)
INQ042581 - Statement of Eric Stephen Stuart QPM, Chair of the United Kingdom Crown Management Association (UKCMA), dated 15 December 2021. Statement addresses the care gap on behalf of UKCMA. (pdf) - download (553.22 KB)
INQ042589 - Statement of Ian Kershaw MBE, Managing Director of The First Aid Industry Body (FAIB) and The Federation of First Aid Training Organisations (FOFATO), dated 17 December 2021. Statement addresses the care gap on behalf of the FAIB and FOFATO. (pdf) - download (1.88 MB)
INQ042595 - Statement of John Drury, General Manager of the SSE Wembley Arena, dated 23 December 2021. Statement addresses the care gap on behalf of Wembley Arena. (pdf) - download (1.49 MB)
INQ042594 - Statement of Matthew Killick, UK Director for Crisis Response and Community Resilience at the British Red Cross (BRC), dated 20 December 2021. Statement addresses the care gap on behalf of the BRC. (pdf) - download (1.54 MB)
INQ042602 - Statement of Dr David Bramley, Chief Medical Officer for the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS), dated 6 January 2022. Statement addresses the care gap on behalf of GNAAS. (pdf) - download (1.79 MB)
INQ042646 - Statement of Andrew Curran, Medical Director of North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAA), dated 12 January 2022. Statement addresses the care gap on behalf of NWAA. (pdf) - download (1.4 MB)
INQ042670 - Statement of Gerard Blezard, NWAS Director of Operations, dated 25/01/2022. (pdf) - download (727.51 KB)
INQ042671 - Statement of Stephen Groves, Director of EPRR for NHS England and NHS Improvement, dated 25/01/2022. (pdf) - download (3.74 MB)
INQ005483 - Witness statement of PS Martin Dunn, dated 27/11/2017. (pdf) - download (2.72 MB)
INQ006026 - Witness statement of PC Peter Johnson, dated 22/02/2018. (pdf) - download (2.46 MB)
INQ042686 - GMP officer's report detailing that two firearms officers provided first aid to casualties on 22 May 2017, dated 01/02/2022. (pdf) - download (6.29 MB)
INQ042684 - Statement of Dr Thomas Hurst, Medical Director of London's Air Ambulance, dated 31/01/2022. (pdf) - download (419.56 KB)
INQ042700 - Statement of Edward Baker, Chief Inspector of Hospitals at the Care Quality Commission, dated 14/02/2022. (pdf) - download (6.62 MB)
INQ042701 - Letter from Mark Hardingham, Chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council, dated 18/02/2022. (pdf) - download (2.56 MB)
INQ042707 - Letter from Keith Prior QAM, Director of the National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU), dated 23/02/2022. (pdf) - download (4.23 MB)
INQ042711 - Letter from Philip Cowburn MBE, NARU Medical Advisor, dated 28/02/2022. (pdf) - download (19.52 MB)
INQ025614 - Statement of Assistant Chief Constable Sean O'Callaghan, made on behalf of BTP, dated 25/10/2019. (pdf) - download (35.98 MB)