{
  "id": 11752870,
  "title": "John Makai was unresponsive when dragged from a Victoria police van. Just one of many ‘shortcomings’ inquest has heard so far",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/john-makai-was-unresponsive-when-dragged-from-a-victoria-police-van",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T19:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/04/john-makai-was-unresponsive-when-dragged-from-a-victoria-police-van-just-one-of-many-shortcomings-inquest-has-heard-so-far-ntwnfb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}