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A coroner's inquest into the death of a Toronto woman who fell from a highrise balcony in the presence of police is set to resume Friday morning after adjourning early on Thursday.

A coroner’s inquest into the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet is scrambling to find a way forward after the Toronto woman’s mother unexpectedly made a new allegation against police officers during her testimony this morning. Korchinski-Paquet fell from her 24th-floor balcony in the late afternoon of May 27, 2020, while police officers were in the west-end […

Several hearings held ‘in camera’ in advance of inquest next month

A man who became unresponsive while being detained by security staff in Dublin city centre died from a number of factors after being restrained in a prone position, an inquest has heard.

Congolese man died from cardiorespiratory arrest after period of restraint with a number of contributory factors, court hears

The inquest has been examining whether various government agencies' responses to the eight-year-old's child protection case were adequate before her death in 2022.

Sam Elliot died 12 days after being struck by a car while crossing the N11 on a red light

Jason Struhs, Elizabeth's mother Kerrie Struhs, and eleven others were found guilty of manslaughter after withholding her insulin for type 1 diabetes in 2022.

Toxicology evidence at Anele Tembe’s inquest showed alcohol, cocaine and prescription medication in her system, but suggested she could still climb over a 10th-floor Pepperclub Hotel balcony in Cape Town.

The family of a First Nations girl fatally shot by Winnipeg police is renewing calls for a public inquiry into police-related deaths of Indigenous people. Eishia Hudson was killed in 2020 after the vehicle she was driving was involved in a liquor store robbery and police chase. The inquest into the 16-year-old’s death, which concluded […]