Sergeant denies monitoring of Tanya Day in police cell was ‘criminally negligent’
by Calla Wahlquist from World news | The Guardian on (#4PFQE)
Edwina Neale tells inquest she did not see fall linked to Day's death, and wasn't alerted by her unsteadiness
The sergeant in charge of the Castlemaine police cells on the day Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day was arrested has rejected a suggestion it was "criminally negligent" to extend the time between physical welfare checks, an inquest has heard.
Sergeant Edwina Neale was the custody supervisor on 5 December, 2017, when Day, 55, was arrested and put in custody for public drunkenness.
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