Overview
- Coroner Alex Morse described the case as an unnatural death and adjourned the inquest with a new date to be set.
- Shahwan, 53, was injured on July 15 in north Vancouver when the car she was traveling in overturned, sustaining a fractured rib, abdominal bruising and a pneumothorax.
- She was treated at Lions Gate Hospital, discharged the next day and deemed unfit to fly, then was found dead at her accommodation on July 19.
- She had been on holiday in Canada with her husband, Sharif, and their two sons; her husband formally identified her a month later.
- BBC Radio Wales colleagues paid tribute to the long‑serving presenter and co‑creator of Terry Walton’s Plotcast, recalling her professionalism and creativity.