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Orthodox demand an out-of-hours coroner service to end burial delays

March 6, 2014 18:35

BySimon Rocker, Simon Rocker

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Jews and Muslims in North London have launched a joint protest at delays in funerals caused by the lack of an available coroner at weekends.

A petition signed by 4,000 Jews and 1,500 Muslims has been handed into the Chief Coroner’s Office and Camden Council.

It follows the recent death of a visiting Israeli rabbi, who collapsed in Stamford Hill following a heart attack but whose body was released for burial only on the following Tuesday.

One of the petition’s Jewish organisers described the incident as “the straw that broke the camel’s back”.