Police brush off calls for independent inquiry over domestic violence death

Friday April 30, 2021

One of Queensland’s assistant police commissioners has brushed off calls for an independent investigation into police actions in the lead up to Gold Coast mother Kelly Wilkinson’s death.

Gold Coast murder victim Kelly Wilkinson.

Mark Wheeler says an internal review is underway into police dealings with the mother-of-three, who was allegedly set alight by her estranged husband in her backyard last week.

Wheeler said he recognised the review conducted by former Court of Appeal judge Margaret McMurdo, but other processes needed to be adhered to.

“Those matters…

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