Castlemaine death: abolish public drunkeness as crime, says coroner

By Christine McGinn
Updated December 6 2018 - 2:04pm, first published 2:02pm

The death of a Yorta Yorta grandmother after being in police custody in Castlemaine has prompted a Victorian coroner to call for the abolition of public drunkenness as a crime.

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