The grieving family of Janet and John Stocker who were killed on a Tunisian beach with 28 other Britons hope lessons will be learned to prevent another attack.

The inquest into the deaths of 30 Britons will open at the Royal Courts of Justice on Monday, January 16 and is expected to last for up to seven weeks.

Janet Stocker, 63, and her husband John, 74, were on holiday in the north African country when gunman Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire on tourists on a beach near Sousse before security forces killed him, on Friday, June 26, 2015.

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(Front L-R) Denise Stocker and Kelly Stocker-Putt... (Back L-R) Mark Stocker and Lee Stocker at the bench unveiling. 

Mrs Stocker worked at the North Cheam branch of Sainsbury’s where colleagues raised money towards a memorial bench in October 2015. The couple lived in Morden.

His Honour Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith will hear evidence specifically relating to the deaths of Mr and Mrs Stocker on Monday, January 23.

Daughter Kelly Stocker-Putt, 40, said: “The whole family will be going and I’m sure we will find answers. We got a lot of information at the pre-inquest and I’m sure a lot more will come out in the first weeks.

“Losing them is not something that will ever go away and there will be a lot of emotions there. It’s something you deal with and take one day at a time. We are a big family and we support each other and hopefully when it ends there will be some closure and we can move on.

“I hope that lessons can be learned from it and make people safer.”

Clive Garner, head of the international personal injury team at Irwin Mitchell representing the families, said: “For 18 months the families have been anxious to understand what happened to their loved ones and whether any more could have been done to prevent this terrible tragedy. Some of the families we represent have lost two or more family members.

“Many of our clients have had their lives turned upside down and remain heart broken. Many have needed specialist therapy to help them, others have lost the main breadwinner in the family and have real financial worries.

“Obviously nothing can turn back the clock but these Inquests provide the opportunity for our clients to receive answers to the questions that they want and need.

"The families are grateful to the Coroner for his thoroughness and for ensuring there is such an extensive array of evidence and witnesses that will be involved.

“There are serious concerns and questions about what was done in the face of what appears to have been an escalating threat of terrorist activity in Tunisia prior to these fateful events in Sousse.

"It is important that lessons are learned from this tragic incident to reduce the risk of similar tragedies in future.”