Aunty Sherry Tilberoo lying near ‘river of vomit’ before dying at Brisbane watch house, inquest told

Tamsyn White, who was detained with the Indigenous woman, tells hearing she asked officers to take Tilberoo to the hospital

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A woman who was detained with First Nations woman Shiralee Tilberoo saw her lying beside a “river of vomit” and told officers to take her to hospital before she died in a Queensland watch house, an inquest has heard.

The 49-year-old Birri Gubba woman – also known as Aunty Sherry – died of a brain aneurysm in the Brisbane watch house in the early hours of the morning on 10 September 2020.

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