Thanks for posting this, BR.
As JK says, this opens up further questions about corruption, in particular, who allowed Patel to remain on the register and why did the coroner appoint him, with police approval and a police contribution towards his fee?
The Guardian has reported this news. The last three paragraphs of its report are interesting.
"There is mounting pressure for the inquest into Tomlinson's death to be taken out of the hands of the coroner, Paul Matthews. Lawyers, politicians and supporters of the Tomlinson family have questioned the independence of Matthews and called for a high court judge to be placed in charge of the case.
Matthews has consistently refused to explain why he chose Patel to conduct the first postmortem. He declined to take part in the BBC programme, which also found that he refused two IPCC officials access to the original postmortem while it was being conducted by Patel.
The Report, which will be broadcast at 8pm, also points to City of London police involvement in the selection of Patel. The force, which ran the initial investigation into Tomlinson's death and tried to convince his family there was nothing suspicious about his collapse, "approved" the appointment of Patel and paid £2,500 toward his fee."
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/aug/19/ian-to...logist-not-qualified
Best Wishes,
Jim