September 28, 2026 — 6:36pm

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Victoria Police has apologised for the death of a man who spent hours unresponsive with a brain injury in a Broadmeadows cell as he waited for paramedics.

CCTV footage played in the Coroner’s Court on Monday showed three officers carrying John Makai’s limp body into a holding cell about 1.15am on September 10, 2023.

Police had arrived at Makai’s Sunbury home about an hour earlier, following a report the 58-year-old had fought with his adult son after both consumed alcohol.

Opening the inquest into the death on…

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