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How police failed Tara Brown
Patea and Ms Brown were in a relationship since 2011 and had a three-year-old daughter together.
“Ms Brown was an exceptional mother who doted on her daughter, a talented athlete, having played touch football at a representative level, and an excellent employee,” Deputy State Coroner Jane Bentley said in her findings.
Lionel Patea and Tara Brown in 2013.Credit:Facebook
Ms Bentley criticised Queensland Health and the Queensland Police Service.
On September 3, Ms Brown went to Southport Police Station after her solicitor rang ahead and asked for a private room so she could speak to police about Patea, because she feared him due to his position as sergeant-at-arms for the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang.
When they arrived, police refused to…
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