A tragic mental health decline in the weeks before Krista Li-Chin Kach’s death will be examined over the next fortnight as an inquest into the 47-year-old’s fatal police shooting began on Monday. Ms Kach died at 10.55pm on September 14, 2023, after being struck in the chest by a “super sock” beanbag round during a 10-hour stand-off with police at her Stockton unit in Newcastle. The round, described by officers as a “less-than-lethal” option, left an open wound and ruptured her right lung. Presiding over the two-week hearing, to sit in Newcastle and Lidcombe, State Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan said the...
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