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Miklos Bolza

Family sues after police tasering leads to man's death

A mentally ill man died after being pepper-sprayed in the face and shot three times with a Taser. (Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS)

The mother and sister of a man tasered, pepper-sprayed and handcuffed by police before his death have sued to recoup damages for mental harm they claim to have suffered.

Jack Kokaua died of a heart condition at Prince Prince Alfred Hospital on February 18, 2018 around an hour after a violent confrontation with the NSW Police.

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