NSW Coroner's Court
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Tyrrell disappearance
Tyrrell foster mother theory presented to coroner, but court reminded ‘guesses are not rational’
A police theory that three-year-old William Tyrrell died after accidentally falling from a balcony at his foster grandmother’s home will be probed at the coronial inquest in Sydney.
- by Amber Schultz
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Deaths in custody
Tammy was sent to jail for a $23.10 theft. After a cascade of errors, she died there
The mother of five died in a Sydney jail in the grip of delusions while prison officers failed to notice her collapse, a court heard.
- by Patrick Begley
‘Inappropriate and unsafe’ training session before NRL player died
An intense training session on the first day of Manly’s pre-season in 2020 was beyond Keith Titmuss’ aerobic capacity, a coronial inquest into his death has heard.
- by Adam Pengilly
‘Brave’ man suffered 80 wounds in ferocious fatal dog mauling
A woman and her daughters are lucky to be alive after Colin Amatto heroically intervened to stop a dog attack in Sydney’s west, an inquest has heard.
- by Sarah McPhee
‘Fundamental change’: Blueprint for Coroners Court shakeup revealed
Regional magistrates would no longer act as part-time coroners under a major modernisation that would create a standalone Coroners Court.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
‘He won’t be forgotten’: Manly hope for answers and closure in Keith Titmuss inquest
It’s been more than three years since the promising Manly rugby league player collapsed and died after a pre-season training session. His club hope Titmuss’ family might finally find answers.
- by Adam Pengilly
NSW Police tried to exclude deputy coroner from cases after her elderly mother handcuffed
Commissioner Karen Webb “quietly” suggested removal of the deputy coroner from cases involving police should be considered over concerns of “apprehended bias”.
- by Perry Duffin
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Doctors at work
Four Sydney doctors referred to medical board over hospital death
A coronial inquest has found enough evidence into the death of Adam Fitzpatrick for clinicians to be referred for a medical board investigation.
- by Laura Banks
Doctor under investigation after patient dies
A NSW doctor, who the coroner found “withheld” antibiotics from a patient who subsequently died, has been referred to the medical board for “investigation of his clinical conduct”.
- by Laura Banks
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Hospitals in crisis
Grieving family begs for answers after new evidence emerges
The family of a little boy who died suspiciously are demanding action after the coroner found the child’s injuries were not accidental.
- by Laura Banks
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Horse racing
Horse safety campaigner backs push for inquest into jockey’s fatal fall
Juliana Waugh, whose daughter Sarah died in a riding accident 14 years ago, says a coronial inquest can “find the little mistakes that join up to a catastrophe.”
- by Chip Le Grand
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