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Cassandra Morgan

Doctor claims damning Veronica Nelson findings unfair

Sean Runacres (2nd right) examined Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson adequately, his barrister said. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

A coroner who investigated the death of an Aboriginal woman who died alone in a prison cell ignored key evidence when he unfairly sullied a doctor's reputation, a barrister says.

Medical practitioner Sean Runacres was a doctor on duty on New Year's Eve in 2019 when Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman Veronica Nelson arrived at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre.

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