Veronica Nelson made repeated calls for help before her death in custody, inquest hears
by Calla Wahlquist from World news | The Guardian on (#5YJ8P)
Melbourne coroner's court hears audio of the 37-year-old Yorta Yorta woman screaming in pain in her prison cell
Yorta Yorta woman Veronica Marie Nelson made repeated calls for assistance in the hours before she was found dead in a maximum security prison cell, a coronial inquest has heard.
The 37-year-old, who also has Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung and Wiradjuri heritage, died at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre on 2 January 2020, four days after being arrested because she had failed to attend a sentencing hearing for a shoplifting offence.
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