Article 60CDJ Police dismissed complaints of Indigenous woman fatally bashed by ex-partner, NT inquest finds

Police dismissed complaints of Indigenous woman fatally bashed by ex-partner, NT inquest finds

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Mother of three Roberta called police multiple times in the days before her death but they did little to intervene, magistrate says

Police did nothing to help" an Indigenous woman in the days before she was fatally bashed by her former partner and died in agony, a Northern Territory coronial inquest has found.

According to the findings, the 28-year-old, referred to as Roberta at her family's request, was subjected to weeks of abuse and violence by Lorenzo Deegan before a punch fractured a rib and ripped her spleen.

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