370:, where he died. The coroner's inquest found that the evening before, Wiggins had attended a party at a house in Aberdeen, but soon had fought with the man who lived at the house. He had been thrown to the ground several times and ejected from the party. After some time, he got to his feet and walked away unsteadily, before collapsing less than a mile away. The inquest determined that the cause of death had been a heavy blow to the back of the head. An
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during the inquest. Another witness exercised his right not to give evidence. Wiggins' sister has continued to publicly question the verdict and has requested that the police investigation be reopened. In the wake of
Bradley Wiggins' Tour de France win, she renewed her calls for witnesses to Gary Wiggins' last hours to come forward with more information.
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on the cause of death was returned, due to lack of evidence: it was not possible to determine whether the head trauma had been received during the fight at the party, or if
Wiggins had hit his head in falling. However, the coroner did find that two witnesses, including the party's host, had lied
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