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Leicester City helicopter crash investigation delays a 'disgrace'

By Dan Martin

BBC News, Leicester

Delays investigating the fatal Leicester City helicopter crash were a "national disgrace", a coroner has been told.

Club chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four other people died in the crash outside the King Power Stadium on 27 October 2018.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch's (AAIB) final report on the accident was published last September.

An inquest is now not expected to begin until early in 2025.

Image caption, Mr Vichai (second left) regularly travelled to and from the ground in either of his two helicopters

At a pre-inquest review on Thursday, Philip Shepherd, who is representing Mr Vichai's family, said delays in completing the AAIB's investigation had made relatives' suffering "immeasurably worse".