AN inquest into the deaths of three members of the same family killed in a car crash while on holiday in the Cayman Islands in May has been delayed until at least the end of October.

Proceedings were opened and adjourned at Basingstoke Law Courts on July 4, to investigate the tragic deaths of Ian, 72, and Pamela Mansell, 74, from Dockenfield, near Farnham, and Marlene Wright, 69, from Liphook.

That was followed by an inquest review hearing on Monday, this week at which Hampshire coroner Andrew Bradley confirmed he still required further information before delivering a verdict, and set the next review date for Tuesday, October 31.

Heather French, coroner’s administrator, told The Herald: “We have to keep moving the date until we have enough information for Mr Bradley to conclude the inquests and then he will set the actual inquest date.”

Husband and wife Ian and Pamela, and Pamela’s sister Marlene, died after their Kia Rio hire car was hit head-on by a Honda Accord shortly after 7pm on May 2, just minutes from their hotel.

The 22 year old Jamaican driver of the Honda was also killed in the crash, which local police described as the “worst ever” on Cayman’s roads.

More than 150 people packed into St Mary’s Church, Frensham, in July, to say their final farewells to Ian and Pamela and her sister Marlene, an accomplished artist from Bramshott.

The funeral service was conducted by Reverend Jane Walker, the vicar of Dockenfield and Frensham parish, and attended by many people from the Rotary Club, of which Ian was a long-serving member - as well as people from Marlene’s native Bramshott and other friends. 

Tributes were provided by Pam and Ian’s neighbour Roger Trout, Ian’s best man Roger Crouch, and Adrian Atkinson, another close friend and fellow Rotarian.

Between each eulogy the congregation listened to Do You Wanna Dance and Twisting the Night Away, and at the end of the service I Could Have Danced All Night.

The floral arrangements contained many flowers from the couple’s own garden and the atmosphere was reportedly upbeat – with many expressing relief their bodies had been repatriated allowing people to “move on”.

Popular ’60s tribute band Out Of The Shadows hosted an evening of music and dancing at The Princess Royal pub in Runfold in August - in their memory.

The trio were reportedly the band’s number one fans.