Court challenge by father who threw children off balcony

A FATHER who threw his two children off a hotel balcony, killing his son, won permission to launch a High Court challenge yesterday against an inquest verdict of unlawful killing.

Two judges ruled John Hogan’s case raised “serious points that are plainly arguable” and gave him permission to seek a judicial review.

Hogan wants to overturn Avon coroner Paul Forrest’s ruling earlier this year that his six-year-old son, Liam, was “unlawfully killed”.