A pre-inquest review is being held today into the death of an aid worker killed in Ukraine.  

Christopher Parry, 28, died in Soledar in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on January 7.

Mr Parry was a Truro-born software engineer, who lived in Cheltenham.

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He had been working with fellow volunteer Andrew Bagshaw when he died.

They were trying to rescue a woman in the war zone when their car was hit by shelling.

At the time of their son’s disappearance, Mr Parry’s parents spoke of feeling ‘raw.’

His mother, Christine Parry told the MailOnline in January: “It’s all very raw at the moment. We are just trying to inform family members about what is going on.”

His father Robin Parry is reported to have said: “We are all very proud of Chris and the work he has been doing.”

The inquest into Mr Parry’s death was first opened at Oxford Coroner’s Court on February 28.

At the hearing the court heard that the 28-year-old’s cause of death was given as gunshot wounds to the head and torso.

His body was identified at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Headington on February 20 by a forensic odontologist, using dental records.

A full inquest was expected to take place at Oxford Coroner’s Court today (September 5) but this was instead replaced by a pre-inquest review.

A pre-inquest review is an administrative hearing that is typically held when an inquest is either complex or involved a number of interested persons.