Victoria police apologise over death of injured man taken to cells instead of hospital
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Victorian police have apologised to the family of a man who died after being held for five hours in a police cell without medical treatment for a significant head injury.
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Victorian police have apologised to the family of a man who died after being held for five hours in a police cell without medical treatment for a significant head injury.
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