William Tyrrell inquest: foster mother abused outside court after police allege she may have buried toddler

William Tyrrell’s former foster mother at the Downing Centre district court in November 2022. Police believe she may have disposed of the toddler’s body after his accidental death. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The coroner overseeing the inquest into William Tyrrell’s disappearance in 2014 has issued a warning after the toddler’s foster mother was abused outside court.

Counsel assisting Gerard Craddock SC told the deputy state coroner Harriet Grahame that someone had yelled at the foster mother at Lidcombe coroners court on Monday as the inquest resumed for further weeks of evidence.