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

The 58-year-old died two days later in hospital after being left in a suburban police station cell for five hours Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast 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…

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

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