Overview
- GP Richard Stones told the inquest he and an off-duty paramedic performed CPR, pleaded for help and encountered unresponsive stewards, describing the care as a shambles.
- Stones said a defibrillator delivered two shocks before its battery failed and that he was told to move away when preparing to give drugs, though his estimate of a 10‑minute wait for paramedics was challenged in court.
- Lambda Medical director Lewis Wright rejected claims of chaos, calling the operation almost text‑book, while conceding his team’s defibrillator battery failed and that a Yorkshire Ambulance Service crew’s arrival created two teams on the same arrest.
- Lambda paramedic Sarah Linaker testified that a YAS commander and a critical care paramedic asserted control in an aggressive manner, ignored her clinical suggestions and contributed to confusion, yet she said this did not hasten Mark Townsend’s death.
- The two‑week inquest is scrutinizing equipment reliability, communication and roles, with evidence of radio network gaps, difficulty locating the patient, a concurrent separate medical incident and questions from the coroner about treatment space in the Leppings Lane stand.