Deceased
Shane Gregory Hunt
Demographics
48y, male
Date of death
2008-11-27
Finding date
2014-03-06
Cause of death
Head injury from blunt force trauma
AI-generated summary
Shane Gregory Hunt died from blunt force trauma to the head sustained during a physical altercation on 26 November 2008 in Werribee. Medical examination revealed multiple head injuries from a wrench used in self-defence by two men whom Hunt had assaulted with a box cutter. Hunt left the scene, walked home and collapsed, dying at hospital the following day. The coroner accepted that the use of force was reasonable self-defence and found no grounds for criminal charges. There were no identifiable clinical or medical errors contributing to death; the death resulted entirely from injuries sustained in an unlawful assault.
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