A police officer supervising Aboriginal woman Tanya Day while in custody has agreed that a check on her just seconds before she fell and hit her head was"completely inadequate".
The 55-year-old Yorta Yorta grandmother was arrested and placed in a cell after being drunk on a regional train on 5 December in 2017.At an inquest into her death on Tuesday, custody supervisor Sergeant Edwina Neale was shown CCTV footage of Ms Day stumbling in the cell before repeatedly falling between 4.22pm and 4.45pm.
When asked if Ms Day was at risk of a fall, Sgt Neale responded:"All drunks are at risk of falling and cracking their head in a police cell." Sen Const Cairnes earlier told the inquest the officers did not enter the cell to give Ms Day"privacy and dignity".Tanya Day died from a brain haemorrhage after falling and hitting her head while in custody."That's a completely inadequate check, what you've witnessed there?" Peter Morrissey SC, the lawyer representing the Day family, asked the sergeant.Thirty seconds later, Ms Day is shown falling head-first against the cell wall and bench.
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