Ashes head back home

JUSTINE Damond’s ashes will be returned to Australia with the full blessing of her American fiance.

Ten days after she was shot dead by Minneapolis policeman Mohamed Noor, the Bulletin has learnt an agreement has been struck between fiance Don Damond and her father John Ruszczyk to have her body cremated and her ashes returned to Australia.

It came as Minnesota residents mocked police officers in a series of bizarre street signs saying: “Warning: Twin cities police easily startled.”

Damond family spokesman Tom Hyder said a memorial for the life coach was expected to be finalised within days and held in August in Minnesota.

Damond, 40, was killed after calling police about a possible sexual assault that she heard in the alley behind her home.