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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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. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.

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