Wayne Fella Morrison died after ‘litany of failings’ by SA corrections officers, coroner finds

Coroner Jayne Basheer makes no adverse findings against officers but attributes 29-year-old Indigenous man’s death in custody to a lack of training

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The South Australian deputy coroner has found there were a “litany of failings” that led to the death of the Indigenous man Wayne Fella Morrison in custody but declined to make any findings against the corrections officers involved.

Morrison, a 29-year-old Wiradjuri, Kokatha and Wirangu man, died at Royal Adelaide hospital on 26 September 2016 after being restrained at the wrists and ankles, placed in a spit-hood and positioned face down in the back of a van as he was transported to Yatala labour prison.

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