This article originally appeared on the ABC News website on 7 March 2019.

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/mar/07/rebecca-maher-inquest-doctor-believes-police-failed-in-their-duty-of-care

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An emergency care specialist says he believes New South Wales police failed in their duty of care towards an Aboriginal woman who died in a holding cell.

Dr John Vine has told an inquest into Rebecca Maher’s 19 July 2016 death that officers should have regularly entered her cell at Maitland police station to check her welfare.