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A CORONER is due to resume a long-awaited inquest into the death of a man shot dead outside a nightclub on Tuesday.
Dad-of-two Jason Fearon, 26, was gunned down outside the popular Turnmills nightspot in Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell, on Easter Monday 2003.
Police have yet to bring murder charges against any suspects.
But two years on, St Pancras Coroner Dr Andrew Reid is ready to throw open the case to a full inquest
Mr Fearon’s relatives are set to hear full details, including witness statements and police records, for the first time.
They are also likely to learn clearer details about how police reacted to an anonymous tip-off that a gun attack was planned.
Scotland Yard said the alert was not passed onto the right department.
Trouble flared inside the club which was hosting an appearance by Lisa Maffia, hit garage singer with the crossover group So Solid Crew, and DJ Spoony from Radio One’s Dreem Team.
A pitch battle later spilled out onto the streets where a car chase ended in tragedy when Mr Fearon, from east London, was found slumped in a car passenger seat, dead from gunshot wounds.
At the time, Detective Chief Inspector Richard Langley, from the Serious Crime Directorate, told the New Journal: “I do not believe Jason was the intended victim and we have offered police protection to the person who we believe was.”