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Coroner Rebukes Shemirani Parents as Paramedics Testify Mother Interrupted Daughter’s Care

The inquiry paused when the coroner warned Paloma Shemirani’s parents over disruptive conduct following paramedic accounts of interference

Overview

  • Paramedics from the South-East Coast Ambulance Service told the inquest that Kay “Kate” Shemirani repeatedly interrupted their efforts to treat her daughter after she collapsed, prompting a safeguarding report over possible undue influence
  • Coroner Catherine Wood left the courtroom and formally cautioned Paloma’s mother and father for contemptuous behaviour during witness questioning
  • Shemirani, who was struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in 2021 for spreading COVID-19 misinformation, denies pressuring her adult daughter to refuse chemotherapy and alleges paramedics administered an overdose
  • Medical experts testified that an untreated non-Hodgkin lymphoma tumour compressing Paloma’s airways and major blood vessels likely caused the cardiac arrest that led to her death
  • The Kent and Medway coroner’s inquest has been adjourned for further evidence and will reconvene before a final determination is issued