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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

Aunty Sherry Tilberoo’s family call for ‘accountability’ over her death at Brisbane watch house

Davina Tilberoo (middle) speaks to the media alongside family outside court
Davina Tilberoo (middle) speaks to the media alongside family outside court in Brisbane during a joint inquest for Shiralee Tilberoo and Vlasta Wylucki, who died in custody. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

The family of Birri Gubba woman Shiralee Tilberoo say they want accountability and justice for her death inside a Brisbane watch house in 2020.

They spoke on Tuesday outside the coroner’s court, where watch house officers who performed physical checks on Tilberoo in the days before her death repeatedly told an inquest that they “could not recall” their interactions with her, whether she had vomited, or whether she had eaten breakfast.

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