Letty Scott

Letty Scott, 1953-2009

posted by: Tippa Naphtali
12April 2009
Kwalunkwe aħbarijiet jew aġġornamenti elenkati fil-qiegħ ta 'din il-partita

Letty Marie Scott (nee Gibson) Nupanunga, of the Anmatyerre nation in Central Australia, passed away, ta 'età 56. Letty was a lifelong campaigner for justice — especially on the issue of black deaths in custody, which touched her life indelibly. Letty was perhaps best known because of her husband, Douglas Bruce Scott, who died under suspicious circumstances, found hanged in a prison cell in Darwin’s Berrimah jail on July 5, 1985, ta 'età 26.

Even though Douglas was held in custody for “indecent language” for four times the legal remand period, the subsequent inquiry found that he had been in “lawful custody”.

Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary — including eyewitness accounts from fellow inmates — both the police inquest and the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody found Douglas Scott’s death to be suicide.

Wara 20 snin, Letty eventually succeeded in having Douglas’s body exhumed for expert forensic study — which found lesions on his body to be consistent with torture. Even then, the subsequent hearing found in favour of the three prison officers accused of Douglas’s murder.

Read full report >

……………………………………………………………………..

Artikli relatati:

Activist painter’s fight revealed deadly secret
28ta 'Frar 2009
Letty Marie Scott, li kien li jinkiseb fama bħala kampanjatriċi persistenti għall-ġustizzja għall-imwiet fil-kustodja żewġha, was at the crossroads ofAustralia’s great cultural conflict.

Seven charged for Douglas Scott murder and cover-up
1Di `embru 2004
In an unprecedented move, Letty Scott has brought private criminal charges against three NT prison officers — Barry Medley, Michael Lawson and Harold Robertson — for the assault and murder of her husband Douglas Scott onJuly 5, 1985. A fourth guard believed to be involved in the assault has since died.