The separate inquests will be heard consecutively and are expected to span an overall period of six to seven weeks. The Independent Office for Police Conduct has probing the conduct of Staffordshire Police's PREVENT team since it was sent a referral last December. At a pre-inquest hearing on Friday, a lawyer for Merritts family suggested there was already evidence of a systemic problem. 'Systems and procedures existed for monitoring him, and it will be for further investigation whether any potential defects in the systems can be identified. A full inquest, due to start at the Old Bailey on April 12 next year, will examine how the tragedy happened and if it could have been stopped, a further pre-hearing will likely take place in January.
The separate inquests will be heard non-conrectedly.
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