A coroner’s inquest into the death of a man who was in the custody of the Moose Jaw Police Service begins today at the Court of Kings Bench courtroom 1. The inquest is scheduled to take place all week.
On Oct. 7, 2021, Jeremy Sabourin, 40, of Assiniboia was found unresponsive in a Moose Jaw Police Service holding cell.
According to the original press release from the Moose Jaw Police Service, officers had been in conversation with Sabourin minutes before his body was discovered. Police officers and EMS made resuscitation efforts before he was pronounced dead.
Under The Coroners Act, 1999, the chief coroner can hold a public inquest into the death of an inmate unless the coroner is satisfied that the person’s death was from natural causes and was not preventable.
According to the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety and the coroner’s office, public inquests are fact-finding only and are not meant to find fault.
Inquests are held to inform the public about the circumstances around the death, make dangerous practices and conditions known and make recommendations to avoid preventable deaths.
Coroner Scott Beaven is expected to preside over this inquest.
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