Shannon Sargent death was homicide, inquest jury finds
The Mohawk woman had open-heart surgery less than two weeks before she was arrested and remanded to the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre.
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The Mohawk woman had open-heart surgery less than two weeks before she was arrested and remanded to the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre.
The Mohawk woman had open-heart surgery less than two weeks before she was arrested and remanded to the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre.
The Mohawk woman had open-heart surgery less than two weeks before she was arrested and remanded to the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre.
The jury at the coroner's inquest into the death of Shannon Sargent has begun deliberations following 13 days of testimony from witnesses and experts. They've been asked to determine whether the Indigenous woman's death in her Ottawa jail cell was a homicide.
A veteran corrections officer said it was a 'foregone' conclusion that Shannon Sargent was being escorted to hospital to be triaged.