Indigenous mother of baby murdered by abusive partner says police failed her in ‘every way’, inquiry hears
by Sarah Collard from World news | The Guardian on (#6B860)
Tamica Mullaley told committee into missing or murdered Aboriginal women and children her child would still be alive if officers did their job right'
An Indigenous mother whose son was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by her former partner says her baby could still be alive if police had done their job properly and believes officers failed her family in every way".
In testimony on Thursday, Tamica Mullaley says she described how she was left bleeding after being attacked by her abusive partner Mervyn Bell in Broome in 2013 - but when police arrived after being called to assist her, they arrested her, claiming she was abusive to officers.
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