A British man who was found dead in a lift shaft at a Turkish hotel had “some of his clothing removed”, a pre-inquest review heard today (January 29)
A family friend of a 20-year-old Tyler Kerry has said she recognises they are “never going to get all the answers”.
Tyler, a labourer from Basildon, Essex, was found at the bottom of the lift shaft in the hotel he was staying at in Antalya on November 29, 2024.
Essex area coroner Michelle Brown told a pre-inquest review hearing that is is a “complicated case due to the fact this man died in Turkey where there are no reciprocal arrangements with the UK”.
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She said Tyler had been on holiday with family when he was “found deceased in the lift shaft with some of his clothing removed”.
She said property belonging to Tyler was not seized by police at the scene and this then raised an issue of “contamination”.
The coroner said he was repatriated to east London, despite him having lived in Essex, but she made “no criticism” of this.
Tyler’s nan Collette Kerry, 57, of Pitsea, Essex, attended the inquest with her husband Ray.
She said afterwards she was “happy” with how the hearing went, adding she looks “forward to the final inquest and getting the conclusion”.
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Family friend Danielle Belton, 40, said outside the hearing: “We recognise we’re never going to get all the answers as we’re dealing with a Turkish system that doesn’t compare with our one.”
She said Turkish investigators had “come to the conclusion there’s no third party involvement, but there is a huge list of missing information in the investigation”.
Ms Belton added: “We want to be able to close this chapter.”
Coroner Ms Brown said she is “aware that a Turkish judge ordered an investigation into how Mr Kerry gained access to the lift shaft”.
She set a provisional date for the full inquest of March 11 and said the evidence in the case would be from documents.
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