Shark attack victim Steven Jeffrey Payne did not use deterrent device before final surf, inquest hears

A man who was killed by a shark off WA’s south coast earlier this year had decided not to wear his shark deterrent device before going into the water, an inquest has heard.

Steven Jeffrey Payne was surfing at Wharton Beach, 93 kilometres east of Esperance, in March when he was taken by a great…