Amy Winehouse Coroner Resigns: 'Unqualified' Autopsy May Be Ruled Illegal

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As Spinner previously reported, an inquest into the death of Amy Winehouse had ruled the singer's demise the result of "misadventure." Now NME reports that the person who performed Winehouse's autopsy was not qualified by law and that the investigation itself may be declared illegal.

Inner North London Corner Dr. Andrew Scott Reid appointed his wife, Suzanne Greenaway, to the role of Assistant Deputy Coroner. However, Greenaway resigned in November of last year after it was discovered that she did not match government requirements.

U.K. law states that the coroner's office may only appoint persons that have been a solicitor in the Law Society for five years, and have been a "qualified medical practitioner" for the same amount of time. Greenaway had only been a solicitor for two-and-a-half years and was only qualified as a nurse in her native Australia.

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Amy Winehouse Coroner Resigns: 'Unqualified' Autopsy May Be Ruled Illegal

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