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Deputy NT Corrections Commissioner David Thompson takes stand at coronial inquest into Bernard Hector death inside Darwin prison

The Deputy Commissioner of Northern Territory Corrections has defended prison staff who say they did not know Indigenous man Bernard Hector was suicidal before he took his own life, at an inquest into his death.

WARNING: This story contains description of self-harm which some readers may find distressing. It also contains the name of an Indigenous man who has passed away, used with the permission of his family.

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