Shay Middleton-Pierce
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Coroner
I am Anna Loxton, Assistant Coroner, for the coroner area of Surrey.
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DATE OF REPORT 8th May 2026
Legal Powers
I make this report under paragraph 7, Schedule 5, of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and regulations 28 and 29 of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013.
Your Response
Your response must contain details of action taken or proposed to be taken, setting out the timetable for action. Otherwise, you must explain why no action is proposed. I have a duty to send a copy of your response to the Chief Coroner. In accordance with the Chief Coroner’s Publication Policy, you should send me any representations regarding publication of your response. These representations should be made at the same time as the response is provided. I will pass any representations received to the Chief Coroner for a decision. Please note any links to webpages included in the response will not be checked for sensitive information prior to publication, as the information is already online . The names of those who do not respond to PFD reports are regularly published on the Chief Coroner’s webpages Non-responses to Prevention of Future Death (PFD) reports – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
Action Required
SUMMARY OF CORONER’S CONCERN Please see Box 10
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In my opinion unless action is taken to address the above concerns then there is a significant risk of future deaths and I believe each of you have the power to take such action.
Investigation and Inquest
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On 14 th April 2025 Simon Wickens, Area Coroner, commenced an investigation into the death of SHAY MIDDLETON-PIERCE (aged 15). The investigation concluded at the end of a 9-day inquest before a jury on 19 th March 2026. The Jury recorded a Narrative Conclusion. Within this, the Jury recorded that Shay died due to “multiple traumatic injuries as a result of suicide on 29 th March 2025 at Railway track near to Nutfield train line crossing, Redhill, Surrey”. They also recorded the following: “Based on Shay’s Snapmaps location which indicated London Bridge area, British Transport Police (BTP) were informed of Shay’s possible location and suicidal ideation. BTP graded it as 1 requiring immediate action. BTP deployed a police unit to London Bridge Station but based on the timeline of events Shay was now on a train back towards Redhill. The BTP staff identified the possible train Shay was on and when he may reach Redhill Station also based on Snapmaps update. BTP failed to establish if officers could have been deployed to Redhill Station to meet the train in time. BTP failed to update Surrey Police that they were not attending Redhill Station when the log was moved from the dispatch queue to the sub queue at 14.13 in error.” The Jury recorded the following finding in relation to the death as a possible contribution to Shay’s death: “There was a failure by British Transport Police to update Surrey Police that they were not attending Redhill Station when the log was moved from the dispatch queue to sub queue at 14.13” (on 28 th March 2025). The medical cause of death was found to be 1a) Multiple Traumatic Injuries
Details
- Report Date
- 8 May 2026
- Coroner
- Anna Loxton
- Coroner Area
- Surrey
- Reference
- 2026-0258
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