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Three people went prospecting in the West Australian outback — only one came home. Now the family are taking the investigation into their own hands.

Police who tasered and restrained an Indigenous man in Perth have told an inquest into his death their use of force was '100 per cent' justified.

An Indigenous man who died after being restrained by West Australian police was showing "extreme strength" even after being tasered, an inquest has heard.

An inquest has been shown confronting footage of police restraining an Indigenous man who died after being tasered outside an Officeworks store in Perth. Family members cried in distress and left the room as the Perth Coroner's Court was on Tuesday when shown the confrontation between police and 39-year-old Mr Riley, whose first name is not being used for cultural reasons. Counsel assisting the coroner Rachel Collins said two police officers had attended the Officeworks store in East Perth in May 2017 in response to unrelated reports of a robbery. Mr Riley's (pictured) family cried in distres...

NITV is bringing you updates from the Swan River drowning inquest in Western Australia as they happen.