Victoria police cancelled ambulance for handcuffed Noongar man who collapsed and later died, court hears
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6GX2R)
Police cancelled request for paramedics when Jeffrey Winmar came to, but he collapsed again and later died from suspected cardiac arrest, coroner hears
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A Noongar man who died in police custody was handcuffed while unconscious, came to and then collapsed again before a cancelled ambulance was called again.
A directions hearing into the death of Jeffrey Winmar, a 28-year-old Aboriginal man who died after being arrested in Melbourne's west last month, began on Tuesday before Coroner Sarah Gebert.
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