AN INQUEST into the deaths of 38 people killed in the Tunisia terror attacks - including a Blackwood woman - could be kept partly secret if a request by the UK Government is approved.

Tunisia victim Trudy Jones, of Blackwood, was among the 38 people tragically killed when a gunman opened fire on tourists last year in beach resort Sousse on Friday, June 26.

Since her death, the ‘Residents and Relatives Committee’ at Highfield Nursing Home in Blackwood, where Trudy worked for more than five years, have been fundraising in her memory.

Last year, a memorial bench was unveiled on the home’s grounds and around 50 people including Trudy’s four children, three of her eight grandchildren and her two sisters were among those present.

The details of the Tunisia attacks could be hidden from the public domain, as the Government believes “sensitive security material” could be used as a resource to plan future atrocities.

At a pre-inquest review hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice, judge and coroner Nicholas Loraine-Smith said nothing would be kept from the families of victims, adding that “as far as possible everything will be in public” while Judge Loraine-Smith said “the last thing in the world” that families would want to do is to assist anyone planning a future attack.”

A decision still has to be made about the Government’s request to have some material kept from the public.

Andrew O’Connor QC, for the Government, told the judge it was “in the interests of national security” to keep some material out of the public domain, adding: “This risk is assessed by security experts to be a very real one.”

But Andrew Ritchie QC, representing 20 families, said it is their view that “full and fearless” investigation is required to remain in keeping with the principle of “open justice”. He added: “UK citizens travelling abroad face this sort of risk not only in Tunisia but around the world” and that it’s the coroner’s role to “bring the full facts to light”.

At a hearing in September, Mr Ritchie said many families feared the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) may have failed in its responsibilities to thousands of British tourists.

He said the families were also potentially concerned about the FCO “having cosy chats” with travel companies interested in running profitable businesses “in light of FCO then current advice that there was a high risk of terrorist activity, including in tourist areas”.

All the victims were killed by gunman Seifeddine Rezgui Yacoubi at the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel and the adjoining beach at the popular resort of Port El Kantaoui. Months earlier, in March 2015, 24 people were also killed in a terror attack at Bardo National Museum, Tunis. The inquests are set to start in January 2017.