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An inquest into the starvation death of an intellectually and physically disabled man by his brother will begin in Dec. 7 in Brockville, the province announced Wednesday.
Jamie Hawley, 41, weighed just 57 pounds and his body was covered in 33 bed sores when he died at Brockville General Hospital in May 2008.
His brother Jerry Hawley is serving a 20-year prison sentence for manslaughter for Jamie’s death.
Police initially charged Jerry Hawley was with first-degree murder in what they believed was a deliberate attempt to starve Jamie to benefit from his disability cheques without having to provide him with adequate care. That charge was later reduced to second-degree murder.
In February 2013, a jury found Jerry Hawley guilty of manslaughter.
Jamie Hawley’s official cause of death was listed as starvation, pneumonia and infected bedsores.
The inquest, which is expected to hear from 28 witnesses, is scheduled to last 10 days.
Dr. Gordon Watt will preside as inquest coroner and Crown prosecutor Claudette Breault, who was prosecutor at Jerry Hawley’s criminal trial, will be counsel to the coroner.
The inquest will attempt to determine how exactly the death occurred and a jury may make recommendations to prevent similar deaths.
Inquests in Ontario do not lay blame or find fault.
Syogaretnam@ottawacitizen.com
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Jamie Hawley, 41, weighed just 57 pounds and his body was covered in 33 bed sores when he died at Brockville General Hospital in May 2008.
His brother Jerry Hawley is serving a 20-year prison sentence for manslaughter for Jamie’s death.
Police initially charged Jerry Hawley was with first-degree murder in what they believed was a deliberate attempt to starve Jamie to benefit from his disability cheques without having to provide him with adequate care. That charge was later reduced to second-degree murder.
In February 2013, a jury found Jerry Hawley guilty of manslaughter.
Jamie Hawley’s official cause of death was listed as starvation, pneumonia and infected bedsores.
The inquest, which is expected to hear from 28 witnesses, is scheduled to last 10 days.
Dr. Gordon Watt will preside as inquest coroner and Crown prosecutor Claudette Breault, who was prosecutor at Jerry Hawley’s criminal trial, will be counsel to the coroner.
The inquest will attempt to determine how exactly the death occurred and a jury may make recommendations to prevent similar deaths.
Inquests in Ontario do not lay blame or find fault.
Syogaretnam@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/shaaminiwhy
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