NT: Man dies in police custody in Darwin

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2007
NT: Man dies in police custody in Darwin

A 57-year-old man has died in police custody after he was arrested for behaving in
a suspicious manner in Darwin six days ago.

The man died yesterday morning .. after he was admitted to intensive care at Royal
Darwin Hospital on December 22.

Police say officers had been called to the Cavenagh Hotel in Darwin CBD that night
.. after the man was noticed acting in a strange way.

He was apprehended to undergo a mental health assessment.

Police say they were forced to restrain the man at the hospital .. and he collapsed
during the struggle.

They say he never regained consciousness.





The man's death is being treated as a death in custody and a report will be submitted
to the coroner.

AAP RTV tr/wz/jec/

KEYWORD: HOSPITAL (DARWIN)

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