Manitoba’s Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. John K. Younes has called an inquest into the death of a Winnipeg Remand Centre inmate.
44-year-old Richard Kakish died in hospital on August 13, 2017, after being admitted a few days earlier complaining of pain. Kakish had been arrested by Winnipeg Police on August 9, 2017
and taken to the remand facility.
An autopsy showed that Kakish had died from complications of hypovolemic shock due to a laceration of the spleen. The autopsy showed that the laceration was caused by a blunt trauma of the torso. The death was determined to be a homicide.
Under the Fatality Inquiries Act an inquest must be called if:
(a) the chief medical examiner has reasonable grounds to believe that the deceased person died as a result of the use of force by a peace officer who was acting in the course of duty; or
(b) at the time of death, the deceased person was
(i) in the custody of a peace officer,
(ii) a resident in a custodial facility,
The purpose of the inquest is to determine the circumstances of the death and if anything could be done to prevent similar deaths in the future.
The date of the inquest will be determined by the Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba.
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