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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

Pressure builds on Victoria to overhaul bail laws in response to Indigenous woman’s death on remand

Percy Lovett, partner of Veronica Nelson
Percy Lovett, partner of Veronica Nelson, says Victoria’s bail laws ‘have got to be changed’. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Legal groups, MPs and the partner of Veronica Nelson are urging the Victorian government not to squander the opportunity to overhaul the state’s bail laws following a major coronial inquest into her death.

Coroner Simon McGregor will on Monday hand down his findings into the death of the 37-year-old Indigenous woman, who was found in her cell at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in January 2020 after making repeated calls for help over the intercom system.

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