Maoist sect leader's conviction may reopen commune death inquiry

Coroner to consider new inquest into death of Sian Davies, who fell from window of commune run by Aravindan Balakrishnan The conviction of Maoist cult leader, Aravindan Balakrishnan, could trigger a fresh investigation into the death of Sian Davies, the mother of his daughter, who was a member of his commune until she fell from a first floor window in 1996. The south London coroner in 1997 recorded an open verdict on the death of Davies, 44, and described it as "a mystery". The police were never...