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Frank “Gud” Coleman’s family want to know how he spent his final moments: they want to know why he died, if he was alone and if he was in pain.
The 43-year-old was found unresponsive on the floor of his Long Bay Correctional Centre cell at 5.45am on July 8, and was pronounced dead almost 40 minutes later.
Lakota Coleman and Skye Hipwell say they are devastated by the loss of their father and ex-partner.
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“Frank was healthy. His death came as a complete shock to us,” Mr Coleman’s former partner Skype Hipwell said. “We don’t know how he died, or what his final moments were like: was he in pain? I don’t know if we will ever know what happened to Frank.”
The family of a Ngemba man is calling for an immediate autopsy and coronial inquiry following his death in custody in a Sydney jail last week.
Frank Gud Coleman was found unresponsive in his cell at the Long Bay Correctional Complex on Thursday, July 8th.
His family said they were in shock hearing the news as he was a healthy 43-year-old.
“The Coroner has contacted us however time frames are still unknown for an autopsy. To date there has been no determination of cause of death and we are still left without answers,” his daughter Lakota Coleman said.
Adding to the families devastation is that they say they were unable to see him for a year and a half due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Frank Gud Coleman, a 43-year-old Ngemba man, died on Thursday at Long Bay jail.
Coleman, who was born in Brewarrina in northwest NSW and raised in Mount Druitt in western Sydney, is the ninth Indigenous person to die in an Australian prison since March.
Frank Gud Coleman, a 43-year-old Ngemba man, died on Thursday at Long Bay jail sparking a call for a coronial inquest from his devastated family
Mr Coleman (pictured) was found unresponsive in his Long Bay jail cell. He is the ninth Indigenous man to die in custody since March
At least 478 Indigenous people have died in custody since the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
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