Michael Peachey died following a ‘harrowing’ engagement with police in 2021, in Gunnedah in central NSW

Police officers who left a young Indigenous man in a face-down restraint should have been aware of the risks the position presented, an inquest has found.

Michael Peachey died following a “harrowing” engagement with police, in Gunnedah in central NSW on 21 May 2021, during which he was shot with a Taser, pepper sprayed and restrained.

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