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St Basil's bosses lose bid for silence

St Basil's Home for the Aged bosses have lost their challenge against giving evidence about the deaths of 50 residents during a COVID-19 outbreak.

AAP · Aug 1, 2022

Victoria Police officer declines to give evidence at coronial inquest into death of Gabriel Messo

The Victoria Police officer who shot and killed Gabriel Messo in a Melbourne park in 2020 is excused from giving evidence at an inquest on the grounds he might incriminate himself.

ABC News · Jul 29, 2022

Police actions leading up to fatal shooting of Gabriel Messo during violent attack on his mother are scrutinised

Officers who responded to calls about Gabriel Messo violently attacking his mother in a public park in Melbourne's north give evidence at a coronial inquest about their actions, including failing to switch on body-worn cameras before Mr Messo was fatally shot.

ABC News · Jul 28, 2022

Melbourne socialite Jeanette Moss's violent death still a mystery, says coroner

The Victorian coroner has ruled that socialite Jeanette Moss died by neck compression, but was not able to identify the specific circumstances of her killing.

ABC News · May 17, 2022

Inquiry into COVID hotel quarantine death

A Victorian coroner investigating a man's death in hotel quarantine says the lack of planning for such a high-risk program was most unsatisfactory.

AAP · May 17, 2022