英国验尸庭：47岁女子被刺中心脏后驾车撞墙身亡，61岁男子被控谋杀
英国威尔士布里真德（Bridgend）47岁住房协会职员 Eleanor Barnfield 的死因研讯11月12日在 Pontypridd 验尸官法庭开庭。庭上公布的临时死因是「躯干刺伤、伤及心脏」；61岁的 Clifford Foster 已被控谋杀她。
Barnfield 生前在 Valleys to Coast 住房协会工作。10月19日中午，南威尔士警方接报称 Coity Road 发生一辆汽车撞墙事故，赶到的急救人员发现驾车的 Barnfield 胸部有与碰撞无关的刺伤；她被送往布里真德的威尔士亲王医院后不治身亡。警方表示，事发前她正在 Ger-y-Nant 养老住房小区工作，Foster 是该小区住户，在一次大规模警务行动后被捕并被控谋杀，此前已在加的夫刑事法庭出庭。
负责调查的高级警官 Claire Lamerton 表示，她的心与 Barnfield 的亲人同在，家属正得到专职警员的支持；此案不按家庭事件方向调查，由于法庭程序已经启动，她呼吁公众不要揣测案情。此前网上流传她「自行驾车求医」等说法，威尔士救护服务表示未能从她的电话号码识别到来电记录，并称有关流传说法与事实不符。
验尸官 Rachel Knight 决定正式开庭，并随即暂停研讯，等待刑事程序结束。据法庭日程，Foster 定于11月23日出席认罪与审前准备听证，案件暂定于2027年4月12日开审。
关联：英国验尸官裁定29岁女子本可获救：救护接线员迟报火情13分钟，被困车内的她在消防队赶到前已被烧死
（来源：BBC）
Inquest Opens Into Bridgend Woman Stabbed in the Heart Before Fatal Crash; Man, 61, Charged With Murder
An inquest into the death of Eleanor Barnfield, a 47-year-old housing association worker from Bridgend, Wales, opened at Pontypridd Coroner's Court on November 12. The provisional cause of death given to the hearing was a "stab wound to the trunk involving the heart." Clifford Foster, 61, has been charged with her murder.
Barnfield worked for the Valleys to Coast housing association. On October 19, South Wales Police were called to a crash on Coity Road in Bridgend, where paramedics found that Barnfield, who was driving, had a stab wound to her chest that was unrelated to the collision. She was taken to the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, where she later died. Police said she had been working at the Ger-y-Nant sheltered housing complex, where Foster lived; he was arrested after a significant policing operation, charged with murder, and has appeared at Cardiff Crown Court.
Senior Investigating Officer Claire Lamerton said her thoughts remained with Barnfield's loved ones, who were being supported by specialist officers. She said the case was not being investigated as a domestic incident and urged the public not to speculate, as court proceedings are active. The Welsh Ambulance Service has said it was unable to identify any calls from Barnfield's phone numbers and described online rumours about the circumstances, including claims that she drove herself to hospital, as factually untrue.
Coroner Rachel Knight opened the inquest and suspended it pending the conclusion of the criminal proceedings. According to the court schedule, Foster is due to attend a plea and trial preparation hearing on November 23, with a provisional trial date of April 12, 2027.
(Source: BBC)
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图片来源：图：事发地英国威尔士布里真德的自治市议会大楼（资料图）。Lewis Clarke，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons（Geograph Britain and Ireland）。 / Photo: Bridgend County Borough Council building in Bridgend, Wales, where the case arose (file photo). Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Geograph Britain and Ireland).
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