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    Jan 2022

    Last Updated: 27/01/2022
    Crime
    Crime

    Inquest to explore how Harrogate boy, 16, died in adult homeless hostel

    by Connor Creaghan

    | 27 Jan, 2022
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    A coroner tells a pre-inquest review into the death of Benjamin Nelson-Roux today that the full hearing will probe how the St Aidan's schoolboy was placed in a homeless hostel for adults.

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    Benjamin Nelson-Roux pictured with his dad Barry Nelson.

    An inquest will investigate how a 16-year-old Harrogate schoolboy, who was exploited by county lines drug dealers and struggled with mental health issues, died in a homeless hostel for adults.

    Benjamin Nelson-Roux, a student at St Aidan’s Church of England High School, died in Harrogate on April 8 2020. His body was found by his mother, Kate.

    The North Yorkshire Coroner’s Office held a second pre-inquest review in Northallerton today to review the evidence ahead of a full inquest.



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    • Hearing begins into death of Harrogate schoolboy Benjamin Nelson-Roux, 16

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    Jon Heath, senior coroner for North Yorkshire, listened to submissions from lawyers acting on behalf of the family as well as the various agencies involved in the case. Mr Heath said:

    "In the full inquest I must consider the risk to Benjamin and the responsibility Harrogate Borough Council and North Yorkshire County Council had for him.
    "He was placed in this hostel because it was staffed 24 hours a day. The hostel is for adults. Benjamin was 16-years-old. He was deemed to be 'at significant risk of death' just two days before he died."


    Mr Heath revealed that he would call 23 witnesses at the full inquest, which is due to be heard over 12 days on a date to be determined before July.