Father who threw son off balcony is to challenge unlawful killing verdictA father who threw his two children off a hotel balcony in Crete, killing his son, today won permission at the high court to challenge an inquest inquest, in law, a body of men appointed by law to inquire into certain matters. The term also refers to the inquiry itself as well as to the findings of the inquiry. verdict that the boy was unlawfully killed. Two judges said John Hogan's case raised "serious points that are plainly arguable ar·gu·a·ble adj. 1. Open to argument: an arguable question, still unresolved. 2. That can be argued plausibly; defensible in argument: three arguable points of law. " and ruled he could seek a judicial review.Hogan hogan Dwelling of the Navajo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico. The hogan is roughly circular and constructed usually of logs, which are stepped in gradually to create a domed roof. pushed Liam, six, and his two-year-old sister, Mia, before jumping himself following a row with his then wife, Natasha, while the family were on holiday. Liam died, but Mia survived the 50ft plunge from the fourth-floor balcony two years ago.Hogan, 34, of Bradley Stoke stoke n. A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per milliliter. stoke , near Bristol, wants Avon coroner Paul Forrest's ruling earlier this year, that Liam was "unlawfully killed", overturned.Former tiler Hogan, who is currently being held in a secure psychiatric psy·chi·at·ric adj. Of or relating to psychiatry. psychiatric adjective Pertaining to psychiatry, mental disorders unit in Greece, was cleared of murder by a court in the country in January, but the inquest verdict led to a police inquiry that opens up the possibility of a new murder trial in Britain.The Greek jury decided he had been suffering from "an earthquake of insanity insanity, mental disorder of such severity as to render its victim incapable of managing his affairs or of conforming to social standards. Today, the term insanity is used chiefly in criminal law, to denote mental aberrations or defects that may relieve a person from ". However, the inquest into Liam's death in March was told the trial had ignored evidence from key witnesses.Lawyers instructed by Hogan's older sister, Christine O'Connor, from St George, Bristol, won the ruling at the high court today. Hogan's former wife, Natasha Visser, who has married again, was represented as an "interested party".The row that preceded Liam's death came at a time when her marriage to Hogan was under stress. It is believed Hogan could be released in the near future. 
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