John Makai was unresponsive when dragged from a Victoria police van. Just one of many ‘shortcomings’ inquest has heard so far

The 58-year-old died two days later in hospital after being left in a suburban police station cell for five hoursGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMany mistakes were made in the almost eight hours between John Makai’s son spilling a drink in the back of an Uber, and paramedics arriving at a Melbourne police station to find Makai unresponsive in a cell.As the Victorian coroner’s court heard this week, it was not clear which – if any – of these mistakes contributed to Maka