Wayne Fella Morrison inquest: bid by prison officers to avoid some questions rejected by coroner

South Australia coroner will hear from seven guards who were in a prison transport van with the Aboriginal man who died after being held on remand

A South Australian coroner has rejected a bid from prison officers to avoid answering some questions at an inquest into the death in custody of Aboriginal man Wayne Fella Morrison.

Lawyers for seven prison officers had applied to allow all of them to give evidence on the same day and be asked basic questions to make it easier for the group to claim legal protection from answering further questions.