THE mother of Adam Rickwood was today set to call for a new coroner to be appointed for his second inquest at the High Court.

Adam Rickwood, 14, from Burnley, became the youngest person to die in custody in modern times when he hanged himself with his shoelaces at the Hassockfield Secure Training Centre in Consett, County Durham, in 2004.

Following a five-week inquest, a jury found that Adam had deliberately taken his own life.

But his mother, Carol Pounder, took the case to the High Court because the coroner had refused to rule on the legality of physical restraint methods used on Adam hours before his death.

She is requesting a new coroner for the fresh inquest after she says vital information was withheld from the jury by the coroner at the previous inquest.

Mrs Pounder said: “At the previous inquest the coroner didn’t tell the jury about the nose distraction technique which was unlawfully used on Adam hours before his death.

“We want another coroner for the next inquest, we don’t believe justice can be done with the same coroner.”