NSW:Key witness at Jai Morcom inquest

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2011
NSW:Key witness at Jai Morcom inquest

By Tony Bartlett

LISMORE, Feb 10 AAP - A witness named as a person of interest will be the last to give
evidence to the inquest into the death of Mullumbimby High School student Jai Morcom on
Thursday.

The 15-year-old Year Nine student died in hospital from a brain haemorrhage after a
fight during recess at the northern NSW school in 2009.

The hearing entered its final phase on Thursday morning, with closing submissions to
be presented later in the day.

Another person of interest told the inquest on Wednesday he neither punched nor saw
Jai Morcom while he was in the centre of the melee, as he had his head down during the
brawl.

Deputy State Coroner Hugh Dillon is expected to hand down his findings on Friday morning.

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KEYWORD: MORCOM

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