‘Open verdict means criminality not ruled out’

The family of Katy French have welcomed the open verdict returned at the inquest at Meath Coroner’s Court into the death of the model.

However, they claim there are still many unanswered questions about what happened in the immediate period before Ms French was brought to Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, on the morning of Dec 2, 2007.

Ms French’s mother, Janet, claimed the evidence given yesterday by the two people who were with her daughter at the time she took ill — Kieron Ducie and his then girlfriend Ann Corcoran — lacked credibility.