Aunty Sherry Tilberoo lying near ‘river of vomit’ before dying at Brisbane watch house, inquest told

Aunty Sherry Tilberoo, pictured on posters held up by family members, died in a Brisbane watch house in 2020. An inquest is examining her death. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

A woman who was detained with First Nations woman Shiralee Tilberoo saw her lying beside a “river of vomit” and told officers to take her to hospital before she died in a Queensland watch house, an inquest has heard.

The 49-year-old Birri Gubba woman – also known as Aunty Sherry – died of a brain aneurysm in the Brisbane watch house in the early hours of the morning on 10 September 2020.