Inquest into WA death in custody to resume - Yahoo7

14.3.16

Inquest into WA death in custody to resume - Yahoo7: Ms Dhu, whose first name is not used for cultural reasons, died two days after being locked up at Western Australia's South Hedland Police Station in August 2014 for unpaid fines totalling $3622, stemming from offences including assaulting an officer.

She died during her third visit in as many days to the Hedland Health Campus from staphylococcal septicaemia and pneumonia, following an infection in her fractured ribs that spread to her lungs.

A two-week inquest began late last year but fell behind schedule and will now resume on Monday.

Medical staff and experts have given evidence but there has only been minimal testimony from police, who will be under the spotlight when the inquest recommences.