The policeman acquitted of a 2004 death-in-custody on Palm Island in north Queensland has, for the first time, offered his sympathy to the victim’s family.
Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley has been giving evidence at the latest inquest into the death of Cameron Doomadgee.
The 36-year-old Palm Island man died from internal injuries suffered during his arrest for allegedly being drunk and a public nuisance.
Sergeant Hurley told the hearing today that he offered his “sincere sympathy” to Mr Doomadgee’s partner and family.
He said he was “sorry for the angst they’ve had to suffer” in recent years.
But under questioning from the Doomadgee family’s barrister, Sergeant Hurley said he “didn’t regret his actions on the day” and that he had arrested people for the “same type of offence” since then.