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Coroner finds police and social workers mishandled case of pregnant woman bludgeoned to death on Gold Coast by former boyfriend
A Queensland coroner has criticised police and social workers for mishandling the case of Fabiana Palhares, a pregnant Brazilian expatriate who was bludgeoned to death by her ex-boyfriend on the Gold Coast.
Key points:
- Brock Hall told DV Connect he was “like a time bomb” weeks before he murdered Ms Palhares
- The call was never recorded or reported to police
- The deputy coroner found police failed to respond to Wall’s “escalating pattern of behaviour”
Releasing her findings on the matter on Wednesday, deputy state coroner Jane Bentley said police and a domestic violence service could have done more to help the 34-year-old before she was murdered with an axe, by the father of her unborn child in 2015.
Brock Wall is serving two life sentences for…
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