NSW police forced to hand over ‘less lethal’ tactics manual to watchdog after woman’s bean-bag round death

Judge says it would make a nonsense' of law enforcement conduct commission's role if it was not provided with all relevant material

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Internal materials relating to the death of a woman who was shot with a bean-bag gun must be handed over to the police watchdog, a court has ruled.

Krista Kach, 47, died after a 10-hour standoff with police in Newcastle in September 2023 after a bean-bag round punctured her body and affected her heart.

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