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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci

John Makai was unresponsive when dragged from a Victoria police van. Just one of many ‘shortcomings’ inquest has heard so far

John Makai
Victoria police have apologised for their treatment of John Makai, who was unresponsive when taken from a police van to a cell at Broadmeadows police station. Photograph: Supplied

Many mistakes were made in the almost eight hours between John Makai’s son spilling a drink in the back of an Uber, and paramedics arriving at a Melbourne police station to find Makai unresponsive in a cell.

As the Victorian coroner’s court heard this week, it was not clear which – if any – of these mistakes contributed to Makai’s death in September 2023.

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