As the inquest into the death of Raymond Silverfox enters its final days, the Carmacks man's family is considering further legal action against those responsible for him in his final hours.

"We are very confident the family has sufficient evidence to go to the next level,” Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation Chief Eddie Skookum said early Wednesday afternoon during a gathering held in front of the Andrew A. Philipsen Law Centre in Whitehorse.

Inside, members of the Carmacks community packed the large courtroom for the fifth day of the coroner's inquest into Silverfox's death.

Testimony came from a number of the guards and RCMP officers who were in charge of caring for Silverfox as he lay vomiting and writhing in his cell for more than 12 hours.

He was never offered clean clothes, food, medical help nor a clean cell, the six-person coroner's jury has heard.

He was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital after someone realized he was unconscious 13 hours after his arrest. He died a short time later.

"We know it's very incoherent in the way the process is done and the way they evaluate people in cells; it doesn't matter who they are,” Skookum said of his impressions from the evidence so far.

On Wednesday, the jury heard some of the most damning evidence yet against the police and guards who were working on Dec. 2, 2008.

Transcripts from the cell block audio recorder drew gasps of disbelief from the audience as they were read out to Const. Geoff Corbett, one of the many RCMP officers who came through the cell block that day.

When Corbett entered the guard room that afternoon, he noticed Silverfox's cell on the surveillance monitor. By that point in the day, the floor was covered in vomit, and

Silverfox was lying face-down in the filth.

"There's shit everywhere,” Corbett commented, while guard Hector MacLellan laughed.

"What a f---ing knob. I have no patience for guys like that,” Corbett continued.

The constable then went to Silverfox's cell and looked in through the small window in the door. Silverfox asked him for a mat to lie on, in a "very calm, matter-of-fact” tone,

Corbett said.

The officer responded: "Huh, no. You can sleep in your own shit.”

As he walked back into the guard room, he was recorded as saying, "Can they get a mat? Oh yeah, sure. ... Yeah, you need a pizza too?”

The transcript then shows a partly inaudible response from one of his fellow officers, Jeff Kalles, who says: "Get him some sausages (inaudible) throw that up and eat it.”

During his testimony earlier this week, Kalles denied saying the last three words.

It was one of several transcribed comments Kalles and another officer, Dennis Connelly, denied making. The officers' testimonies "have not been very consistent with the

tapes,” Skookum told reporters.

Corbett, who broke down in tears on the stand, said he was angry at Silverfox when he saw the mess in his cell. People lodged in the drunk tank often defecate and urinate

in their cells to make things difficult for the guards and officers, Corbett said, and he assumed Silverfox had messed his cell intentionally.

"I am sorry for making that statement,” Corbett said of his comments to Silverfox. "... It's completely inappropriate and unprofessional.”

He told the jury he is now under an RCMP code-of-conduct investigation.

MacLellan also apologized for his behaviour, including a remark he made to the front desk clerk who called on behalf of Silverfox's girlfriend.

"He's still hammered,” MacLellan said when asked if Silverfox was being released. "... Tell them he's comfortable in whatever he's lying in.”

The clerk laughed when he told her, "It's the worst I've seen in five years here.”

The lawyer for the coroner's service, Lee Kirkpatrick, minimized the seemingly callous conversations the officers and guards had about Silverfox during that day.

"It's not your grandmother's living room,” she said of their work environment. She said the language they used may seem "shocking” when heard in the courtroom, but that

"rough language” and "black humour” are part of the job.

That was little solace to the people who stood outside the courthouse Wednesday and who have packed the courtroom for the entire inquest.

A dozen placards held by friends and family describe Silverfox as positive, dedicated, strong and loving.

He was a highly respected employee of the Carmacks Development Corp., and not a regular drinker, Skookum said.

The deceased man's young daughter, Deanna Charlie, sobbed as she spoke about her dad.

"My father was a kind and gentle man. ... I love him so much and I don't know how these people could do this to him.

"... They treated him like they were (in) a Third World country. This is a First World country.”

The inquest into Silverfox's death is scheduled to continue until Friday.

The two-woman, four-man jury will then be asked to determine how Silverfox died and will be invited to make recommendations on how such a death may be prevented in

the future.

Their recommendations are non-binding and they are not supposed to find fault as in a trial.