Couple challenge Cork coroner's 'irrational' inquest verdict into baby's death

The couple applied for leave to bring judicial review proceedings against Cork City Coroner Philip Comyn (pictured) over his handling of the one-day inquest into the baby’s death. File photo: Dan Linehan

A couple have taken a legal challenge over an inquest which they allege led to an “irrational” jury verdict that their baby died of brain damage as a result of natural causes.

Natasha Cummins and Aiden Spencer claim the Cork City Coroner did not adequately direct the jury on certain matters, particularly the use at University Hospital Waterford of the contraction augmentation drug Oxytocin during the delivery of their baby son.