A young woman charged over a crash in Melbourne’s west in which 69-year-old grandfather Sedat Hassan died has been refused bail after a magistrate found there was too great a risk of her driving again.
A sharp spike in novel benzodiazepine overdoses is prompting fresh calls for pill testing, with a coroner fearing deaths will only rise unless urgent action is taken.
Prison nurse in charge of Indigenous inmate’s medical care tells inquest there were ‘missed opportunities’ that could have saved Veronica Nelson’s life.
A prison nurse who held concerns about inmate Veronica Nelson’s health before she was found dead in her cell says basic medical checks were not made despite welfare issues being raised.
The death is being examined by the coroner after it was revealed the 37-year-old had unsuccessfully applied for bail on her own, without legal representation, before being held in custody on allegations of shoplifting.