Inquest Into Death In Fort St John RCMP Lock-Up
Prince George, BC – An inquest will be held to examine the death of a 46-year-old man in the RCMP lock-up in Fort St. John in September of 2011.
Bretton Robert Kent Lohouse died while in RCMP custody on September 9th, 2011. The BC Coroners Service has announced a five-day public inquest set for next September at the Court Services building in Fort St. John.
Coroner for the North Region, Donita Kuzma, and a jury will hear evidence from subpoenaed witnesses to determine the facts surrounding Lohouse’s death. The Coroners Act makes an inquest mandatory in almost all cases in which a person dies while in police custody.
While the jury cannot make any legal findings, it can issue recommendations aimed at prevening deaths under similar circumstances in the future.
The inquest is set for September 16-20th in Fort St. John.
Comments
Inquest about a death to be held more than three years later? Maybe the RCMP can have on display and advertise the “world’s largest inquest in-basket”. Tourists could come from miles around. Competition for that Ukrainian easter egg in Saskabush maybe?
Make that two years. I misplaced my calculator.
Hey! I’m no cop hater butg I’m learnng just how to become one. I would like to have a police force for BC one trhat are acountable to a public body and one that puts a heigh score on expedience especially when a eath is involved…3 years is beyond belief!
“in custody death” is a very vague term. In custody doesn’t neccesarily mean someone died “in custody. I’ve seen news stories where a guy was in custody in the lower mainland (Vancouver I think) where the guy was released, and died something like a day later, and it was treated as an in custody death. Turned out he overdosed.
I believe it is the coroner that requests the inquest not the RCMP. It would be up to the coroner to set the dates for the inquest not the RCMP.
Surefire quit using Harbingers calculator, it was 2 years.
have a great day
Harbinger, the Ukranian Easter egg is in Vegreville, that would be in Halberta not in Sakabush.
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