NSW police fight to keep key documents from watchdog regarding death of woman shot with bean bag round

Watchdog wants access to manual on use of less-lethal' force and personnel logs as part of investigation into Krista Kach's fatal wounding

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New South Wales police are fighting a request to hand over key documents to the police watchdog over the death of Krista Kach, who was fatally wounded by police after she was shot with a bean bag round.

Kach, 47, died after a 10-hour standoff with police in Newcastle in September in which she was Tasered by police twice and went into cardiac arrest after a bean bag round punctured her body and impacted her heart. Police claimed Kach had earlier threatened officers with an axe.

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