Wheelock family to bring in own experts

THE family of a young man who died after an incident in a garda cell are to be allowed bring their own forensic experts from Britain to examine his clothing and personal effects.

They also received last-minute notification at Dublin City Coroner’s Court yesterday that the State is willing to grant them financial assistance towards their mounting legal fees.

Terence Wheelock, 20, from Summerhill, Dublin, died in hospital three months after he was found unconscious in Store Street Garda Station last June. His family reject garda accounts that he tried to hang himself.