Murtagh Kavanagh: inquest hears dental plate could aid identification

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A sergeant’s 1981 testimony described a pathologist taking a top denture plate and clothing from a body at the city morgue.

Forensic pathologist Richard Shepherd said a plate could help establish identity if records were available for comparison.

Kavanagh was one of five Stardust victims formally identified in 2007 through advances in DNA testing.