Brit killed in Mexico 'in wrong place at wrong time'

A BRITISH man shot dead with two friends in Mexico was “tragically in the wrong place at the wrong time”, his inquest has heard.

- By Claire Hayhurst

Ben Marshall Corser, 36, was killed while sitting in the back of a car outside a supermarket in Colima on May 24, 2022.

Cornwall Coroner's Court heard Mr Corser was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.

A post-mortem examination found he received a fatal shot to his chest.

Emma Hillson, assistant coroner for Cornwall, concluded that Mr Corser, from St Just in Cornwall, had been unlawfully killed.