September 15, 2006
CBC News
An inquest into the death of former P.E.I. resident Robert Bagnell has been adjourned to Nov. 6, to the shock of family who travelled to British Columbia from P.E.I. and Ontario to attend.
The seven-week delay is due to the coroner's need to further study a particular point of law.
Bagnell was jolted twice with a police Taser before he died in a hotel washroom in Vancouver in June 2004. A pathologist's report found he died from a cocaine-induced heart attack.
Bagnell's mother, Riki, lives in Charlottetown, and was one of the family members who travelled across the country to attend the inquest.
The Bagnell family has initiated a lawsuit against the Vancouver Police Department, the officers involved and the company that manufactures Tasers.
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