Widow told by police dead husband line’

Press, 1 August 1989, Page 9

Widow told by police dead husband line’

NZPA-AAP Sydney The inquest into the death of a man shot by Sydney police was yesterday told by his widow she heard of her husband’s death on television while the police were telling her he was not seriously injured. Doreen Gundy, the widow of David Gundy, told Glebe Coroner’s Court yesterday she heard of her husband’s death on a television news flash at the same time a policeman was telling her he was not seriously hurt. Mrs Gundy, aged 36, a student of inner suburban Glebe, said she received a

telephone call about 8.30 a.m. on April 27 at Mount Isa, where she was visiting her mother. A policeman told her Mr Gundy had been accidentally shot in a struggle with the police, she said. Mrs Gundy told the Court the policeman told her her husband had been shot in the arm and was on the way to hospital. The officer said he was in “fine” condition. During the telephone call, a news flash on television said her husband had died on the way to hospital. Mrs Gundy said she knew her husband would

never fight with the police and was a hard worker and a loving family man. Mr Gundy, aged 32, was killed by a shotgun blast when the police raided his Marrickville home in Sydney’s inner-west in the early hours of April 27. At that time the police were hunting another man, John Porter, aged 27, over the shooting of two police officers in the city on April 24. One later died. Porter was arrested on May 3 and has been committed for trial. The inquest was continuing.