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Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

Inquest in the death of Roger Sparks announced


    KINGSTON, ON, Feb. 2 /CNW/ - Dr. Andrew McCallum, Regional Supervising
Coroner for Eastern Ontario, today announced that an inquest will be held in
the death of Roger Sparks.
    Mr. Sparks, 48, died on November 19, 2003, while in custody at the Ottawa
Regional Detention Centre. Under the Coroners Act, an inquest must be held in
the death of any person who dies while in custody.
    The inquest is expected to last one day.
    The inquest will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, February 14, 2005, at the
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, 160 Elgin Street, 11th Floor, Ottawa. Dr.
Gordon Watt will preside as inquest coroner and Mr. M. Holmes will be counsel
to the coroner.

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For further information: Contact: Dr. Andrew McCallum, Regional 
Supervising Coroner for Eastern Ontario, Ministry of Community Safety and 
Correctional Services, (613) 531-5737

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