Bill Little, who’s been in the job for more than 30 years, sets the record straight about process, protocol and who is responsible for what. 

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The pathologist who conducted the post mortem on Lachie tells the inquest they didn’t even have the right equipment to do pediatric autopsies in Southland. 

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A former police officer who worked under Senior Sergeant Cynthia Fairley refutes her assertion that he was in charge of the investigation into Lachie’s death.

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The pressure is on to find out who was responsible, who was in charge, and who turned around the autopsy. 

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Senior Sergeant Cynthia Fairley, the police officer at the centre of the case, is in the witness box. 

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The first of the police officers scheduled to appear at the inquest takes to the witness stand, and we begin to hear about the confusion over who was in charge of the investigation into Lachie's death.

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The sighting of a mysterious shirtless man, what one of Lachie's preschool teachers remembers about him, and the two paramedics who worked on the little boy's lifeless body all feature in this collection of shorter witness testimonies.

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The police’s lawyer tackles Paul about making claims that Michelle and her sons had something to do with Lachie’s death.

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Paul is questioned about his relationship with Michelle and the events on the day and night leading up to Lachie’s death.

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You could have heard a pin drop in courtroom four when a new witness was asked why he thought something he saw could relate to the death of Lachie Jones.

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