Footage of guards holding down and putting spit hood on disabled NT prisoner shown at inquest

Wayne Hunt didn’t receive full medical assessment after seizure in cell and died days later, coroner hearsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConfronting footage of a disabled inmate being roughly handled and placed in a spit hood by prison guards after an epileptic seizure has been played at an inquest into his death.Wayne Hunt struggled and yelled as Northern Territory corrections officers pinned him down, held him tightly by the head and put him in handcuffs and a spit hood, the inquest before coroner Elisabeth Armitage has heard. Continue reading...