William Tyrrell case takes a turn after 10 years as inquest hears new theory of his death

NSW police searching bushland near the home of William Tyrrell’s foster grandmother in Kendall. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Last year, New South Wales police sought advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions over whether William Tyrrell’s foster mother could be charged over his 2014 disappearance.

Investigators subsequently asked the DPP to suspend their consideration of the case until after further hearings of the long-running coronial inquest into the toddler’s disappearance and presumed death.