Nettet8. sep. 2024 · Since 16-year-old John Pat died in police custody at Roebourne in 1983, the Pilbara town has been riddled with ongoing reports of crime in the largely Indigenous community of Yindjibarndi and ... NettetREMEMBERING JOHN PAT John Pat died in Roebourne 35 years ago today in a police cell. The 16 year old's death was one of a number of Aboriginal deaths in custody that sparked the Royal Commission.
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Nettet28. sep. 2024 · The thirty-eighth anniversary of Mr. John Pat was marked on Sunday by an event in Fremantle. In 1983 in Roebourne 16-years old boy John Pat died while in … On 28 September 1983, Pat and other young Aboriginal people engaged in a fight with an Aboriginal police aide and four off-duty police officers outside the Roebourne Hotel. Pat was reportedly injured in the fight, striking his head on the road and being kicked in the head and face. He was arrested and … Se mer John Peter Pat (31 October 1966 – 28 September 1983) was an Aboriginal Australian boy who, at the age of 16 years and 11 months, died while in the custody of Western Australia Police. On 28 September … Se mer The five police officers were tried on counts of manslaughter in the Supreme Court in Karratha in May 1984 before a judge and an all-white jury. The trial lasted for just over three weeks with the jury acquitting each officer by a unanimous verdict. Se mer • Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Se mer His mother was Mavis Pat (aged 16 years at marriage) and his father was Len Walley (about 36 at marriage), who were married under Se mer A coronial inquest was conducted on 30 October 1983 at which five police officers declined to give evidence. The coroner, Mr McCann, committed the five officers for trial in the Supreme … Se mer The Police Commissioner monitored the trial, instructing the attendance of a senior officer, Brian Bull, to "independently review" the … Se mer mormon mahomes
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NettetJohn Peter Pat was born on 31 October 1966 to Mavis Pat and Len Walley of Roebourne, located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 1500 kilometres north of Perth (RCIADIC & Johnston, 1991). The Pat family moved to Roebourne reserve when John was about nine after living at Mt Florence station. Nettet14. apr. 2024 · John Pat died on the night of 28 September 1983 after a brawl between a group of local men and some off-duty police officers. The officers had been drinking at … NettetRoebourne. John Pat had been arrested earlier in the evening along with four others after a fight outside a local Hotel involving several police officers and an Aboriginal police … mormon message leave the party