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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Collard

Indigenous mother of baby murdered by abusive partner says police failed her in ‘every way’, inquiry hears

Tamica Mullaley
Tamica Mullaley says she told the inquiry police officers needed cultural competency training specific to the regions in which they worked. Photograph: David Dare Parker

An Indigenous mother whose son was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by her former partner says her baby could still be alive if police had done their job properly and believes officers failed her family in “every way”.

In testimony on Thursday, Tamica Mullaley says she described how she was left bleeding after being attacked by her abusive partner Mervyn Bell in Broome in 2013 – but when police arrived after being called to assist her, they arrested her, claiming she was abusive to officers.

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