Four young NSW police officers received bravery awards for their actions during a fatal shooting in Nowra on July 9, 2022. The incident involved Brett Walker, who had stabbed two people before advancing on officers with a knife. A coronial inquest found the officers acted heroically.
A birthkeeper testified at an inquest that her role was not to make a home birth safer, despite being paid $6,000 for support. The woman she assisted died from a postpartum hemorrhage after a freebirth.
A coroner has found Josh Warneke, 21, was likely murdered by blunt force trauma 16 years ago in Broome. The initial investigation was criticized for its poor resourcing and handling of evidence, leading to the acquittal of the man initially jailed for the crime.
A coroner has found Josh Warneke, 21, was likely murdered with a weapon in Broome 16 years ago. The initial police investigation was criticized for lacking resources and proper forensic procedures, leading to the wrongful jailing of Gene Gibson. The coroner will refer findings for further investigation.
A coroner has found Josh Warneke, 21, was likely murdered with a weapon 16 years ago in Broome, Western Australia. The initial investigation was criticized for botching the case, leading to the acquittal of the man jailed for his killing. The coroner's findings may lead to a new police probe.
An inquest into the deaths of Jennifer and Gretl Petelczyc will primarily focus on the medical care received by their killer, Mark Bombara, before the May 2024 murders. The inquiry will also examine police actions, firearm laws, and domestic violence.
A NSW coroner has recommended a review of medical staff conduct after a prisoner, Dictor Dongrin, died from alcohol withdrawal at Clarence Correctional Centre. Timely medical intervention could have prevented his death, the inquest found.
A Tasmania coroner ruled that Dr. David Jackson's irresponsible prescribing of methadone and benzodiazepines directly caused the deaths of two drug-dependent patients, Nicholas Brown and Matthew Winwood, between 2016 and 2017.
Tasmania Police will not charge Mark Bird, whom a coroner found was 'involved' in his wife Helen Bird's 2010 death, making it look like suicide. Insufficient evidence prevents charges.
An inquest into the death of Leading Aircraftman Gary Dale Sargeant, 36, found his suicide during an acute mental health crisis in 2020 could have been prevented with timely interventions, citing failures in his care and security protocols.
A coroner's court heard Dezi Freeman yelled abuse at a dying constable after two Victoria police officers were killed investigating an alleged child sexual assault. Freeman was later shot dead by police.
Dezi Freeman, who killed two police officers, taunted authorities before being shot dead in a police shootout on March 30, 2026. Details emerged in Victoria's Coroners Court, where it was heard Freeman refused negotiations and fired at officers before they returned fire.
Dezi Freeman yelled abuse at two dying Victoria police officers investigating alleged child sexual assault before shooting them dead. He was later killed by police seven months after the incident.
Allegations of child sexual assault and child abuse material production were the reason for a search warrant that led to Dezi Freeman fatally shooting two Victorian police officers. Freeman was later killed by police.
Coronial inquests into the Porepunkah police shootings, which resulted in the deaths of two officers and the shooter, begin today in Victoria. Directions hearings will determine the scope and timelines for the investigations.
Hong Kong's Medical Council and Coroner's Court will investigate the death of an 8-year-old girl, Chau Tin-yu, who died in April 2021 after a delayed blood transfusion during surgery at Queen Mary Hospital. Her father, Eddie Chau, will attend the Medical Council inquiry as a witness, hoping for an impartial hearing and accountability for any personnel found at fault.
Saffron Cole-Nottage, 32, drowned after getting stuck in sea defence rocks in Lowestoft. A coroner found that delays by the East of England ambulance service in alerting the fire service might have cost her life.
A US-based online suicide forum linked to over 160 UK deaths is fined £950,000 by Ofcom, which is also seeking to block UK access due to deliberate breaches of laws against promoting suicide.
The New South Wales man's remains were found in the Queensland bush last October, years after an inquest determined his death was not suspicious.
The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report is being prepared for the coroner. Fourteen Indigenous people have died in Australian prisons this year.
Brooke Wiggins, 12, died in 2024 after a tree branch snapped and crushed her in Banstead, Surrey.
Northern Ireland's veterans commissioner, David Johnstone, states that former soldiers are not seeking immunity for Troubles-era actions but are calling for a fair legal process that avoids vexatious prosecutions.
A British inquest has ruled that army soldiers 'lost control' and used unreasonable force in killing five unarmed civilians in west Belfast on 9 July 1972. Mr Justice Scoffield found that four victims - including a Catholic priest and two teenagers - posed no risk when shot. The soldiers violated 'yellow card' rules governing lethal force. The verdict comes 54 years after the killings, which occurred six months after Bloody Sunday.
A pre-inquest review into the death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson, who suffered a fatal neck injury during a match in October 2023, has heard paramedics describe a chaotic scene at the arena. Senior coroner Tanyka Rawden said she has questions about how Yorkshire Ambulance Service accessed the ice and about the availability of blood to attending paramedics. The coroner plans to call player Matt Petgrave, whose skate struck Johnson, and nine other players to give evidence, though none are currently in the UK. The inquest is unlikely to take place this year and is expected to last four to six weeks.
