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Savannah Meacham

Indigenous man repeatedly tasered, sedated before death

An Indigenous man who stabbed a police officer and dog with scissors was repeatedly tasered. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

An Indigenous man died after he was repeatedly tasered during an arrest and was not monitored for side effects when he was sedated, a coroner has ruled.

Following a three-day inquest in 2023, Queensland State Coroner Terry Ryan handed down his findings on Friday ruling Ashley Charles Washington's cause of death remains undetermined.

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