Coroner orders fresh probe in poison death

A CORONER ordered gardaí to reopen an investigation into the death of a detention centre inmate after a post-mortem found he died of strychnine poisoning.

The Garda report into the death of 20-year-old Anthony Kelly concluded there were “no suspicious circumstances” surrounding his collapse at St Patrick’s Institution for young offenders in Dublin last year.

Dublin city coroner, Dr Brian Farrell, said he was at a loss to explain why the report had come to this conclusion. He said the autopsy results had given rise to a “serious issue”.