Marchioness families to take case to EU

Families of 25 of the 51 victims of the 1989 collision with the pleasure boat Marchioness of the dredger Bowbelle are to complain to the European Court of Human Rights about the decision of Westminster coroner Paul Knapman to remove their hands, without permission or knowledge of relatives. The real aim of the action is to force an overhaul of the rules under which coroners operate.