Inquest Opens Into Simon Cole’s Death
Written by HFM News on 13th April 2022
An inquest has opened into the death of Leicestershire’s former Chief Constable Simon Cole.
The 55-year-old was found dead at his home in Kibworth Harcourt on March 30th, less than two weeks after he retired from the force.
Leicester Coroner’s Court heard Mr Cole was formally identified by his wife Joanne on the same day.
A post-mortem examination has been carried out, but his cause of death was not given at the hearing.
The inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed.
Simon Cole
Tributes have continued to pour in for Mr Cole, who had held the top role at Leicestershire Police for 12 years and had been in Policing for over 30 years.
In a statement after her husband’s death, Mrs Cole said he had been ‘moved by the love, support and admiration’ that his colleagues gave him in the last few weeks of his job.
“Our hearts are broken at the loss of Simon,” she said.
“We are not sure how we will manage to come to terms with Simon not being here. We were planning many exciting things for his retirement.”
A book of condolence opened on the Police website for people to leave their tributes and messages of support – visit it HERE
