Shackling of ill Aboriginal man 'horrific'

By Jodie Stephens
Updated February 28 2020 - 5:48pm, first published 5:42pm
Eric Whittaker was unconscious and shackled to a bed prior to his death from a brain haemorrhage.
Eric Whittaker was unconscious and shackled to a bed prior to his death from a brain haemorrhage.

A NSW coroner has agreed it is "horrific" an Aboriginal man who died in custody was shackled in his hospital bed despite being sedated during treatment for catastrophic brain injury and organ failure.

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