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Duncan Murray

Partner sues prisons over Indigenous inmate's death

Nathan Reynolds died after inadequate medical care for an acute asthma attack, an inquest found. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

A woman is suing the NSW prison system and inmate healthcare service over the death in custody of her partner after a coroner found the emergency response to his asthma attack was confused and unreasonably delayed.

Karen Pochodyla is pursuing damages over the death of Indigenous man Nathan Reynolds on September 1, 2018 at the minimum-security Geoffrey Pearce Correctional Centre, in northwest Sydney.

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