The two largely unexplained deaths led to public outcry in the state, but while some rallied and rushed Premier Colin Barnett's security team calling for an inquest, little has been done about it.
In fact, while the schedule has been delayed, there seems little doubt that a major inquest -- like those that followed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor -- into what went wrong on Sept. 11 is inevitable.
Unfortunately, the inquest had very little power other than the power to make today's decision seem even more staggeringly unjust.
"The outcome of the inquest left us feeling a little numb.
Eventually a little after noon Wilton arrived at the inquest, and gave a full account of the incident.
They know that they could be waiting for up to two years for a coronial inquest, which often leads to little.
But that will be of little consolation for Frenchman Wenger as the inquests begin into an eighth successive season without silverware.
Somehow that little detail had been missed during the first inquest.
He told City of London coroner's court: "There is little advantage, and significant disadvantage, in having the inquest after the disciplinary process, and there is a risk of prejudice to the interests of justice in having the inquest afterwards".
An inquest might delve deeper for evidence, but there seems little prospect of that at the moment.
