Two managers at St Basil’s aged care home in Melbourne, where 50 residents died in what remains Australia’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak, have lost their Court of Appeal bid to avoid giving evidence to the state coroner.
Former St Basil’s chairman Kon Kontis and director of nursing Vicky Kos will now be forced to give evidence to coroner John Cain about, when 45 residents at the Fawkner facility died from COVID-19 and another five died from suspected neglect.Credit:Kontis and Kos were the final witnesses directed to give evidence to the state coroner late last year. Over five weeks, Cain heard from 55 witnesses about what had unfolded at the home.
They argued that giving evidence could incriminate them in other court matters, including a WorkSafe criminal trial that is being heard in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. In their ruling, they agreed with the previous justice who had looked at the case and found it was in the interests of justice for both Kos and Kontis to be required to give evidence to the inquest.
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