Corrections officers told to give evidence at inquest Corrections officers transporting Wayne Fella Morrison in a prison van when he died will give evidence – as the dead man’s family gathered in protest.
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Subscriber only Corrections officers who were in the van with Wayne Fella Morrison before he was pulled out unresponsive can make specific claims for privilege against self-incrimination or penalty on a question by question basis, a coroner has ruled. It comes as Mr Morrison s family staged a call to action seeking a ban on the use of spit hoods in South Australia and across the country.
The coronial inquest into the death of Wayne Fella Morrison resumes this week, and is expected to continue until next month.
Mr Morrison died in September 2016 at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, three days after he was pulled unresponsive from a prison van at Yatala Labour prison.
The Wiradjuri, Kookatha and Wirangu man was handcuffed, restrained by ankle flexi-cuffs and bore a spit mask.
The 29-year-old was then placed face down in the back of the van, with eight prison officers accompanying him from the prison s holding cells.
Family demands answers
Morrison s sister Latoya Rule told NITV News their family is desperate for answers, as there is no CCTV footage from inside the van.
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