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Why did Baroness Butler-Sloss step down from hearing these Inquests?

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Why did Baroness Butler-Sloss step down from hearing these Inquests?

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Baroness Butler-Sloss felt that she did not have the degree of experience of jury cases that was necessary and appropriate for presiding over inquests of this level of public interest. Lord Justice Scott Baker took up his appointment as Assistant Deputy Coroner in June 2007.