Pitch black. No backup. A crossbow pointed at police

Armed with a crossbow, Ryan Pringle hunted police through pitch‑black bushland at the School of Happiness commune. Former Deputy State Coroner Hugh Dillon, who presided over the inquest, and Gary Jubelin, who led the investigation, walk through every moment of the terrifying manhunt. From the chaos of that night to the Quakers Hill nursing home fire, the retired coroner shares some of the cases that impacted him most during his career, as well as calls for urgent reforms to fix the coronial system.