A Victorian coroner has found that Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day may have survived if proper police checks were undertaken every 30 minutes while she was in custody in December 2017.
A Victorian coroner has found if proper checks were undertaken every 30 minutes when Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day was in police custody in December 2017, her condition might have been detected earlier.
She found"unconscious bias" was a factor when a V/Line conductor reported Ms Day to policeCoroner Caitlin English is today delivering a lengthy finding into what happened to Ms Day, 55, who died from cerebral haemorrhage from blunt force trauma caused by hitting her head during a series of falls while in police custody in Castlemaine.
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