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.