{
  "id": 16070004,
  "title": "Regis Korchinski-Paquet’s mother makes new allegation against police at coroner’s inquest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/regis-korchinski-paquets-mother-makes-new-allegation-against-police",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T16:25:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CityNews",
    "slug": "citynews",
    "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/22/regis-korchinski-paquet-coroners-inquest-mother-toronto-police/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "At a coroner's inquest into the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, her mother, Claudette Beals, unexpectedly made a new allegation against police officers. Korchinski-Paquet fell from her 24th-floor balcony on May 27, 2020, while officers were in her apartment. Beals testified that she saw officers push her daughter toward the balcony. Lawyers for the officers expressed concern about the allegation, stating that their clients were not given a chance to respond during earlier testimony. The coroner has paused the proceedings to discuss how to proceed.",
  "summary": "A coroner’s inquest into the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet is scrambling to find a way forward after the Toronto woman’s mother unexpectedly made a new allegation against police officers during her testimony this morning. Korchinski-Paquet fell from her 24th-floor balcony in the late afternoon of May 27, 2020, while police officers were in the west-end […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Korchinski-Paquet’s mother makes new allegation against police at coroner’s inquest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/korchinski-paquets-mother-makes-new-allegation-against-police-at",
        "published": "2026-10-22T15:23:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}