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Police manslaughter trial: Station not sufficiently staffed on night of death - defence lawyer

Ball was detained at the South Taranaki station, which does not have a detention hub or authorised officers to care for detainees. He was pronounced dead in the cell at 2.53am on June 1, 2019 after ingesting a large quantity of tramadol, codeine and alcohol prior to his arrest. Supplied The subject of the manslaughter case is Allen Ball, who died in a cell at Hāwera Police Station on June 1, 2019. Paynter said having sufficient staff to monitor those in custody was up to the station’s team. New Zealand Police provided the areas with officers and they were then rostered accordingly, he said.

Police manslaughter trial told Allen Ball would probably not have died had medical treatment been provided

Supplied The subject of the manslaughter case is Allen Ball, who died in a cell at Hāwera Police Station on June 1, 2019. Following an autopsy, alcohol was detected in his blood at a level of 159 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood. For comparison, the blood-alcohol limit for drivers 20 years and over is 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood. Codeine was found in Ball’s blood system at an approximate level of 20mg per litre, and morphine was detected at a level of 0.2mg per litre. It was unlikely the morphine found was a result of morphine abuse but rather a metabolism of codeine, it was heard.

Police manslaughter trial: Officer spoke of being crucified over cell checks

The trial of three Taranaki police officers charged with manslaughter began on Monday, May 17, 2021. In the final hours of Allen Ball’s life, as he lay unresponsive in a Taranaki police cell, one of the officers later charged with his manslaughter admitted they may get “crucified” for not constantly monitoring the intoxicated 55-year-old. “We might get, might get a little bit crucified for the fact that I haven’t put him on constant monitoring, umm, because of the level of consciousness of level of, umm, drink I guess, but, umm, he’s making kind of all the right noises,” the officer told a civilian at the Hāwera Police Station.

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