Crime by Shayla Bulloch
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Subscriber only A CORONER has ruled that failings of prison staff at a Townsville jail did not contribute to the death of a suicidal young man, despite evidence stating he slipped through the cracks multiple times. Dylon Ahquee, 19, took his own life on Boxing Day 2015 while inside a Townsville Correction Centre cell. The inquest into his death examined if the authorities responsible for his mental health did their job properly, and whether any third party contributed to his death. Coroner Terry Ryan ruled that while there was evidence that Dylon s mental health history was missed, any intervention was unlikely to have prevented his death.
Crime by Shayla Bulloch
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Subscriber only A CORONER has ruled that failings of prison staff at a Townsville jail did not contribute to the death of a suicidal young man, despite evidence stating he slipped through the cracks multiple times. Dylon Ahquee, 19, took his own life on Boxing Day 2015 while inside a Townsville Correction Centre cell. The inquest into his death examined if the authorities responsible for his mental health did their job properly, and whether any third party contributed to his death. Coroner Terry Ryan ruled that while there was evidence that Dylon s mental health history was missed, any intervention was unlikely to have prevented his death.
DYLON Ahquee fell through the cracks. Before the age of six he was taken into state care, his first brush with the law was at nine, at 11 he was locked up in youth detention, by 17 he was in an adult facility and two years later he took his own life while behind bars. A coronial inquest into his suicide at the Townsville Correctional Centre on December 26, 2015 will probe the circumstances surrounding his untimely death. The inquest will ask the critical question, did the authority charged with providing for his mental health and physical care adequately discharge that responsibility? Speaking exclusively with the