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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Jordyn Beazley and Australian Associated Press

NSW police fight to keep key documents from watchdog regarding death of woman shot with bean bag round

Screen grab from live stream of Krista Kach during siege in Stockton Australia, who died after NSW police officers forced their way into her apartment and shot her with a Taser and bean bag rounds
New South Wales police are pushing to keep documents related to the death of Krista Kach from the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission. Photograph: Livestream

New South Wales police are fighting a request to hand over key documents to the police watchdog over the death of Krista Kach, who was fatally wounded by police after she was shot with a bean bag round.

Kach, 47, died after a 10-hour standoff with police in Newcastle in September in which she was Tasered by police twice and went into cardiac arrest after a bean bag round punctured her body and impacted her heart. Police claimed Kach had earlier threatened officers with an axe.

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