Joint inquiry will examine care provided to Shiralee Tilberoo and Vlasta Wylucki and their supervision
Katherine Brady says her family want to ensure that what happened to her sister, Shiralee Tilberoo, ‘never happens again’.Katherine Brady says her family want to ensure that what happened to her sister, Shiralee Tilberoo, ‘never happens again’.The families of two women who died in Queensland watch housesShiralee Tilberoo
, in the Brisbane city watch house in September 2020, and Vlasta Wylucki, who died in the Southport watch house in 2018, is set to be held in March. Both died from natural causes, but there are concerns about their care and supervision, counsel assisting Sarah Lane said at a pre-inquest conference in Brisbane’s coroner’s court on Thursday.
Tilberoo – known as Aunty Sherry – was found dead in her cell four days after being arrested over drug and property matters on 6 September. The 49-year-old mother of three was in the watch house for an “unusually long period” while suffering from heroin withdrawal, Lane said.On 9 September 2020, after being refused bail, Tilberoo was prescribed medication for withdrawal symptoms after telling nurses about taking $300 worth of heroin daily until her arrest.“They had some laughs and tears talking about their friendship together,” she said.
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