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Paul Knapman DL was Her Majesty’s Coroner for the central London Borough of Westminster, from 1980 to 2011. He was made Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London in 2008. His responsibility for investigating sudden deaths as an independent judicial officer saw him preside over numerous notable cases. ==Cases and events== * Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980 * Libyan Embassy Siege in 1984 * The Clapham Rail Disaster in 1987 * Marchioness Boat Disaster in 1989 * The Ladbroke Grove Rail Disaster in 1999 * 7 July 2005 London Bombings (as Lead Coroner) in 2005 He was most recently in the news〔http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1318826/Mark-Saunders-inquest-Coroner-says-police-gunmen-wood-trees.html〕 (October 2010) when presiding over the inquest of the barrister Mark Saunders, controversially shot to death by Metropolitan Police on 6 May 2008. After the ruling of ‘lawful killing’ Knapman revealed that he would use his powers as coroner to highlight lessons that should be learned by the police for the future〔http://www.mpa.gov.uk/committees/sop/2011/0317/08/〕 and would make copies of his recommendation available to Secretary of State for Justice, Kenneth Clarke. He has an entry in Debrett's,〔http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/k/990/Paul+Anthony.aspx〕 the two-century-old guide to people of distinction and etiquette. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Knapman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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