Inquest scheduled for August in apparent hanging death of Ottawa jail inmate
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Megan Gillis
The Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. Photo by Errol McGihon /Postmedia
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An inquest gets underway Aug. 11 into the death of a 48-year-old man who died in hospital after being transferred from the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre more than two years ago.
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The inquest into the Jan. 17, 2019 death of Jean Hervé Veillette is expected to take three days and to hear from about nine witnesses, according to an announcement Friday by Dr. Louise McNaughton-Filion, the region’s supervising coroner.
Dr. Bob Reddoch will preside as inquest officer in proceedings held via video conference with Fara Rupert serving as inquest counsel.
Members of the public will be able to watch the inquest live.
This newspaper reported that guards and then paramedics tried to revive Veillette after he was discovered hanging in his cell in the jail’s 2 Wing but he was later pronounced dead in hospital.
He had been arrested in October after a knifepoint bank robbery on Montreal Road.
The inquest, which must be held when a person dies in custody, will examine the circumstances of Veillette’s death and the five-member jury may make recommendations aimed at preventing future deaths.
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