Witness's hand gesture stops evidence at Tasmanian inquest into deaths of elderly couple Nelda and David Edwards

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Witness's hand gesture stops evidence at Tasmanian inquest into deaths of elderly couple Nelda and David Edwards
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An Tasmanian inquest hearing into the deaths of an elderly Hobart couple in 2016 comes to an abrupt end when a hand gesture from a witness towards the coroner sees the plug pulled on the video link from Queensland.

An inquest is examining the deaths of elderly Tasmanian couple David and Nelda Edwards, who died two days apart in 2016.

An inquest into the deaths of an elderly Hobart couple in 2016 came to an abrupt end when a witness was stopped from giving evidence after gesturing at the coroner. On Thursday morning, Cassandra Edwards, the niece of Robert and Stephen, gave evidence to the inquest via video link from Queensland. "I calmly asked about my father's share of the inheritance for my sister and I," Ms Edwards told the court.

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