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Second inquest into 1988 death of Mark Haines begins in Tamworth

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A warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers that the following story contains images of someone who has died. A long-awaited second inquest has begun into the death of a teenager whose body was found on railway tracks near Tamworth 36 years ago. The death of 17-year-old Mark Anthony Haines was initially ruled a suicide by police, but an inquest in 1989 found the police investigation was plagued by shortcomings, and less than professional.
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