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Jessica Stephens, a Queensland woman who died in 2023 after receiving mental health treatment at Royal Darwin Hospital, has sparked legal action from her mother, Karon Evans. Evans has filed a case with the NT Supreme Court requesting that the decision of Northern Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage not to hold an inquest into Jessica's death be overturned. Evans argues that Jessica’s death should have been treated as occurring while under care, thereby necessitating a mandatory inquest. The coroner's office has yet to respond to this lawsuit.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-04,
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Karon Evans, the mother of Jessica Stephens, who died in 2023 after receiving mental health treatment at Royal Darwin Hospital, has asked the Supreme Court of Queensland to overturn a decision by the Northern Territory coroner not to hold an inquest into her daughter's death. Evans argues that Stephens's death in Kakadu National Park should be treated as a death occurring while under care, thereby necessitating a mandatory inquest. The NT coroner, Elisabeth Armitage, has yet to file a response to the lawsuit initiated by Evans.
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Jessica Stephens's mother asks NT Supreme Court to overturn coroner's decision not to hold inquest
asserted
mother → ask → inquest
In short:
The mother of a Queensland woman who died in 2023 after receiving mental health treatment at Royal Darwin Hospital has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the Northern Territory coroner's decision not to hold an inquest.
asserted
who → die → inquest
Karon Evans claims her daughter Jessica Stephens's death in Kakadu National Park "ought properly to have been treated as a death occurring while in care", triggering a mandatory inquest.
uncertain
death → claim → inquest
NT Coroner Elisabeth Armitage's office is yet to file a response to the lawsuit.
asserted
office → file → lawsuit
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