The first day of hearings in a series of inquests into the deaths of four Aboriginal women at the hands of their partners has heard horrifying details of one victim’s death in a house fire lit by her partner. Warning: This story contains graphic details that some readers may find distressing.
Over six weeks of evidence, spread across six months, the court will examine each death separately, before two weeks of expert and institutional evidence is called in October to detail systemic issues in the Northern Territory’s response to domestic, family and sexual violence.