Inquest verdict into Nora Quoirin death overturned

by Q Radio News

A malaysian judge has overturned an inquest verdict of misadventure in the death of 15-year-old Nora Quoirin, changing it to an open ruling. 

The teenager from London was discovered dead in the Malaysian jungle nine days after she went missing from an eco-resort where her family were staying in August 2019. 

Earlier this year an inquest found Nora likely got lost after leaving the resort and it ruled out the involvement of other people in her death. 

Nora's parents, who are Irish and French, have consistently said they believe someone ese was involved and that they were "utterly disappointed" by the coroner's verdict. 

the new verdict leaves the possibility of further investigations into the schoolgirl's death and suggests there are still questions to be answered.

LBT Global, a charity that has represented Nóra's parents - confirmed the verdict, and said a further statement would be issued in the coming days.

1/2 - LBT Global can confirm that today in Malaysia the verdict in the case of Nora QUOIRIN was changed from MISADVENTURE to an OPEN VERDICT. A statement in response to this will be issued in the coming days.

— LBT Global (@LBT_Global) June 16, 2021

Nóra was born with  disorder that affects brain development called holoprosencephaly.

She and her family had travelled to the Dusun resort in Malaysia on holiday and disappeared from her room the day after they arrived on 3 August 2019.

Her body was later found in the jungle about 1.6 miles (2.5km) away.

A post-mortem examination found the teenager died three days before her body was found, due to internal bleeding caused from hunger and stress.

The mother of Nora Quoirin, a French-Irish teenager whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort, has welcomed the decision by a Malaysian court to overturn an inquest verdict of “misadventure” in her death.

Speaking following the court’s decision, Ms Quoirin said the family were relieved by the outcome.

“It’s a very big day for us, we’re very emotional,” she told the BBC.

“But we’re very pleased with the outcome. Nora was always going to be worth fighting for and this is the verdict we wanted.

“It was really the only reasonable verdict open to us in the sense that the proof that we had could only really lead to this road as a credible one as far as we were concerned.”