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Inquest of Dover woman Callie Lewis who was found in a tent will be heard by jury

The inquest into the death of a young woman whose body was found in a tent will be heard by a jury.

A two-week hearing will take place in Maidstone from November 18 this year on the case of Callie Lewis from Dover.

As many as 20 witnesses are expected to give evidence in person or by statement.

Callie Lewis was found dead near Windermere in the Lake District in August 2018 Picture: Kent Police
Callie Lewis was found dead near Windermere in the Lake District in August 2018 Picture: Kent Police

These include members of her family, the mental health trust that cared for her and two police forces, Kent and Cumbria where her body was found.

The decision on a jury hearing was made by senior coroner Patricia Harding at a second pre-inquest review at the Archbishop's Palace in Maidstone this morning.

Miss Lewis, 24, of Ladywell Annexe, Dover, has been missing for more than a week when she was found dead near Windermere in the Lake District on August 31.

She had died from carbon monoxide poisoning, an earlier inquest had heard.

Miss Lewis had been under the care of Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.

Today's hearing at Archbishops Palace in Maidstone was told that Miss Lewis' computers had been taken by police for evidence, to examine her activity on them in the run-up to her death.

Those present at the hearing included her parents Sarah Lewis and Jonathan Nicholas and their legal representatives plus those for the police and health trust.

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