Coroners Act In the matter of the Coroner's Findings and Recommendations regarding the death of Ms Wendy Murphy and Ms Natalie McCormack dated 14 March 2017
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178. However, the violence in her life and in the lives of her family was also very real. 179. On the day before she died her niece came to K wementyaye' s house after an altercation with her husband. She had driven home and met her husband who broke the windscreen of the car (while she was still in it) and was about to stab her son (who was in the car) when her mother intervened. K wementyaye called the Police. 180. Her niece continued to fear that her husband would find her. She was unwilling to stay at K wementyaye' s house by herself. She said that her husband got that way every month when they came into Alice Springs for supplies. He would get drunk and violent. 181. One of Mr Swan's cousins was with him prior to Mr Swan being dropped home on the morning of Kwementyaye's death. He gave evidence at the inquest that he had been in prison five times for domestic violence. He was in prison at the time he gave his evidence. 182. He was not willing to abide the terms of the DVO because he wanted to see his daughter. He was unrepentant. 183. One of the more impressive witnesses during the inquest was Justine Castine-Swan, the sister of Mr Swan. She clearly didn't want to be giving evidence and was only there because she was summonsed. Ms Castine Swan had been the primary carer for Kwementyaye's children since her death. She was well respected by both families. 184. She stated that domestic violence in Alice Springs is out of control. She said they get drunk and violent. It happened in her extended family. She 28