CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON has become the first coroner from Wirral to be made president of the Coroners’ Society of England and Wales.
Mr Johnson, 64, will hold the position for the next year, culminating in the society’s annual conference, which he will oversee.
A lifelong Tranmere Rovers supporter, he was appointed Wirral’s coroner in 1988, but has been involved in the Coroners Service for 46 years, joining as an Assistant Coroner’s Clerk in February, 1963.
Over the years, he has dealt with some high-profile cases, including the brutal murder of Alice Rye, a 74-year-old widow from Spital, and Paula Gilfoyle, who was eight months pregnant when she died from hanging in the garage at her home, and whose husband, Eddie, was later convicted of killing her.
