Skip to player
Skip to main content
Skip to footer
Search
Connect
Watch fullscreen
Like
Comments
Bookmark
Share
Add to Playlist
Report
Inquest for indigenous teenager’s death adjourned after emergence of new evidence
ABC NEWS (Australia)
Follow
4/19/2024
A coronial inquest into the death of an indigenous teenager has been adjourned for six months after possible new evidence emerged. Almost four decades on from his death, the adjournment adds to the family's long wait for answers.
Category
📺
TV
Transcript
Display full video transcript
00:00
For 36 years, the family of Mark Haynes have questioned what happened to the Gomoroi teenager
00:06
on the day he died.
00:08
Now, their wait for answers has become even longer.
00:11
I am disappointed, to say the least.
00:15
Mark Haynes' body was discovered on train tracks south of Tamworth in January 1988.
00:21
At the time, police concluded the 17-year-old was responsible for his own death, and a subsequent
00:27
coronial inquest returned an open finding.
00:30
This month, a fresh coronial inquest was launched, sparked by the ABC podcast Blood on the Tracks.
00:36
Ten days in, it's now been adjourned for six months.
00:39
There's a lot more evidence to go through, and it's quite important that all relevant
00:46
issues are fully examined.
00:49
Two witnesses at the inquest said one of Mark's close friends, Glenn Mannion, had made admissions
00:54
about the circumstances of his death.
00:56
Rodney Lavender told the court on the morning Mark's body was found, Mr Mannion told him
01:01
Stoney is dead, and I think I killed him.
01:04
Mr Mannion's former partner testified that in the mid-1990s, he told her about a white
01:10
towel being placed under Mark's head, and a box being left on the tracks.
01:14
I've never forgotten those things, ever.
01:17
The towel and the box.
01:19
It's something you just don't forget.
01:21
Mr Mannion denied both allegations in court.
01:24
The inquest is set to return to Tamworth for a further five days of hearings in late
01:29
October, but Deputy Coroner Harriet Graham has warned the further dates may not be the
01:35
last.
01:36
Thank you very much for being with me and my family on this long and arduous journey.
01:45
A journey with no clear end in sight.
01:47
Max Tillman, ABC News, Tamworth.
Recommended
2:25
|
Up next
Second Inquest into death of Mark Haines hears last day of evidence
ABC NEWS (Australia)
11/1/2024
1:49
Coronial inquest into death of Mark Haines hears from best friend Glenn Mannion
ABC NEWS (Australia)
3/31/2025
1:08
Rally gathers outside Toowoomba courthouse ahead of coronial inquest into Indigenous man’s death
ABC NEWS (Australia)
9/11/2023
1:33
Inquest continues into 2019 death of Aboriginal woman
ABC NEWS (Australia)
4/28/2022
1:39
Coronial inquest into death set to resume early next year
ABC NEWS (Australia)
9/22/2023
1:46
Loved ones applaud as coroner refers death of Indigenous Canberra man Nathan Booth to homicide investigators
ABC NEWS (Australia)
5/1/2025
1:57
Teen dies after self-harm incident in Western Australia detention centre
ABC NEWS (Australia)
10/20/2023
2:11
Final submissions being heard in inquest into Kumanjayi Walker’s death
ABC NEWS (Australia)
11/27/2024
2:19
Final submissions being heard in inquest not Kumanjayi Walker’s death
ABC NEWS (Australia)
11/27/2024
1:39
Coronial inquest examines stolen car crash that killed four teens in Townsville
ABC NEWS (Australia)
11/29/2022
1:40
Lawyer calls for Broome man who 'confessed' to killing Josh Warneke to appear at coronial inquest
ABC NEWS (Australia)
9/18/2024
2:01
Coroner in Cleveland Dodd inquest indicates he may call for urgent closure of Unit 18
ABC NEWS (Australia)
12/12/2024
2:03
Former Western Australia Deputy of Justice head breaks down giving evidence
ABC NEWS (Australia)
7/25/2024
1:37
Monash Health admits failures in Amrita Lanka's death as coronial inquest begins
ABC NEWS (Australia)
8/26/2024
1:42
Family hopes inquest into historical death of Mark Haines' will bring answers
ABC NEWS (Australia)
4/8/2024
2:44
CCTV Footage Shows Aboriginal Woman Before Death
Al Jazeera English
12/19/2016
1:03
Teen Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Murdering Half-Sister
Tribune Broadcasting
10/31/2017
1:35
Father tells coronial inquest into young son’s death that the family was ‘betrayed’
ABC NEWS (Australia)
5/24/2025
3:09
Families of six victims provide statements to coronial inquest
ABC NEWS (Australia)
5/29/2025
0:24
Crystal Papali'i strip and score
The Canberra Times
2 days ago
0:30
Parental Guidance returns
The Canberra Times
2 days ago
0:22
Kaeo Weekes' try against Knights. FootageNRL.com
The Canberra Times
2 days ago
0:50
Former Yellow Wiggle Emma launches Frozen show for school holidays
Australian Community Media
3 days ago
4:24
Unseasonal rain in Queensland, coastal low off NSW
Australian Community Media
3 days ago
1:21
Jonas Sultan returns to the ring to face Katsuma Akitsugi of Japan
PTVPhilippines
2 days ago