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Name: Second inquest into 1988 death of Mark Haines begins in Tamworth
Uploaded: 2024-04-08T11:38:54.495Z
Duration: 2 min 11 s

Second inquest into 1988 death of Mark Haines begins in Tamworth

Published 8 April 2024, 11:13 am

A warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers that the following story contains images of someone who has died. A long-awaited second inquest has begun into the death of a teenager whose body was found on railway tracks near Tamworth 36 years ago. The death of 17-year-old Mark Anthony Haines was initially ruled a suicide by police, but an inquest in 1989 found the police investigation was plagued by shortcomings, and less than professional.

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