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Shocking footage shows indigenous man restrained by 14 officers before dying three days later

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Wayne Morrison, 29, was found 'blue and unresponsive' after an altercation with prison staff.

28 Agosto 2018 12:49

By Harry Davies

An indigenous Australian man, Wayne Morrison, 29, was restrained by 14 officers before dying in hospital three days later.

Surveillance footage of the incident was played during a coroner's inquest into his death, which detailed the brutality of such treatment.

Shortly afterwards, Morrison was placed in a van with eight members of prison staff in order to be taken to Yatala Prison, Adelaide.

Counsel assisting the coroner, Anthony Crocker, told the court that after a journey of just three minutes, ‘Morrison was found to be blue and unresponsive’.

The inquest also heard Morrison was given a false name, ‘Benjamin Walters’, when taken to hospital in a coma to prevent the family from knowing his whereabouts.

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