AAP General News (Australia)
12-19-2000
WA: Inquest date set for Hancock
The date has been set for the long-awaited inquest into the death of mining magnate,
LANG HANCOCK.
West Australian coroner ALISTAIR HOPE has set down 31 days for the inquest, to start
in the District Court from April 9 next year.
Mr HANCOCK died on March 27, 1992, in the mansion he built for his wife, ROSE PORTEOUS.
A long police investigation into Mr HANCOCK'S death found no suspicious circumstances.
However, his daughter, GINA RINEHART, has lobbied the WA Government for years to order
an inquiry, saying she believes her father's death was unlawful.
At a second directions hearing, Mr HOPE says the inquest will begin in the District
Court but may move to a bigger court.
AAP RTV sd/dd/hn/jx
KEYWORD: HANCOCK (PERTH)
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