'Shambles': Coroner slams police probe, calls for fresh inquiry into Gore 3yo’s death

Police watchdog's view on police handling of toddler death questioned

A Coroner has referred the police handling of the case of three-year-old Lachlan Jones back to the Independent Police Conduct Authority, alongside a scathing commentary of the original investigation into the Gore boy’s death. This comes after the IPCA already reviewed – of its own volition – the two previous police investigations, with a subsequent internal police review of those investigations. The IPCA’s assessment was consistent with the poli…

‘A shambles’: Coroner orders third investigation into death of Gore toddler

A coroner has found it unlikely there was foul play in the death of a Gore toddler, but is scathing of the police investigation and has ordered the death to be re-investigated for a third time.

'Shambles': Coroner slams police probe, calls for fresh inquiry into Gore 3yo’s death

A “full and fresh” police reinvestigation into the death of a Gore 3-year-old will narrow or resolve open-ended questions, a coroner has recommended....