Non-Ontarian Doctors Allowed Standing at Ashley Inquest

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The coroner investigating sudden death of a prison inmate, alleged troubled young woman, has given standing to four doctors who treated her outside Ontario. 19-years-old  Ashley Smith, who belonged to Moncton, N.B., passed away in her prison cell of the Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener, Ont., in October 2007.

Reports show that he death was caused by wrapping a piece of cloth around her neck, which she was often found doing several times for months before her actual death. The initial attempt to commence an inquest into the death of Smith failed last year, but due to several legal squabbling in last few months the inquest is set to commence once again on Jan. 14 in Toronto. Smith spent majority of her time of her final year in a segregated cell after being moved around for almost 17 times in different facilities of five provinces.

Dr. John Carlisle had initially negated a call from the Correctional Service of Canada and the out-of-province doctors saying the coroner’s authority ends at the Ontario border, but now the doctors have agreed to provide evidence at the inquest voluntarily. After that doctors wanted standing, enabling doctors to participate in the inquest and cross-examine witnesses, which Carlisle was granted in a ruling today, announcing that doctors have a “direct and substantial interest in the inquest.” Carlisle asserts that the test considers whether they would be exposed to implicit criticism or censure as a result of their involvement with Smith’s death.

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