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Nearly three years after Randall Nicotine died at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre, a public inquest is to look into his death.
The Saskatchewan government announced Friday the inquest is to be held April 25-29 at the Saskatoon Inn and Conference Centre.
Nicotine was 33 when he was found unresponsive in his cell at the Saskatoon jail on May 14, 2019. Medical personnel tried to save his life, but their resuscitation efforts weren’t successful.
Nicotine had been on remand since March 21, 2019, when he was arrested south of Battleford. He was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for parole violations.
He also was facing charges for forcible confinement, child endangerment and assault of a police officer with a weapon, among others.
According to The Coroners Act, an inquest will be held when a person dies in a jail or a correctional facility unless the coroner believes the person’s death was due to natural causes.
Inquests try to determine the medical cause and manner of death. The coroner’s jury then can make recommendations in hopes of preventing similar deaths from happening.