AFL player Shane Tuck’s widow withdraws from inquest, citing ‘grave concerns’ about its scope

Katherine Tuck views any further involvement in inquiry as an ‘arid exercise’, lawyer says

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The widow of the former AFL player Shane Tuck has told a coroner she will no longer take part in the inquest into her husband’s death, citing “grave concerns” about the scope of the inquiry and its ability to deliver “a just outcome”.

Katherine Tuck’s lawyer Greg Griffin wrote to the Victorian coroner’s court on Wednesday to notify it of Tuck’s immediate withdrawal from any involvement in the investigation, saying she considered “further involvement in the matter to be an arid exercise”.

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