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Coroner Jane Bentley released findings into death of Tara Brown, 24, in 2015
Ms Brown was run off a Gold Coast Road, Queensland, and trapped in her car
She was then beaten to death with a steel fire hydrant cover by Lionel Patea
Shocking details have emerged about Patea s violence towards Ms Brown
Patea pleaded guilty to her murder and was sentenced to 20 years in jail in 2017
Coronial investigation into Tara Brown murder finds police failed to properly investigate domestic violence complaint
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Tara Brown was murdered by her estranged partner Lionel Patea on Queensland s Gold Coast in 2015.
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A Queensland coroner has found Gold Coast police failed to appropriately respond to a young mother s desperate plea for help days before her ex-partner ran her off the road and bashed her to death with a metal plate in 2015.
Tara Brown, 24, was killed by her ex-partner Lionel Patea in a horrific domestic violence attack after she dropped their three-year-old daughter off at day care in Molendinar on September 8, 2015.
Patea had followed her car and after crashing, beat her with a water hydrant cover. He is now serving a life-sentence for her murder and the unrelated killing of Gold Coast father Greg Dufty. Tara Brown was murdered by her ex-partner Lionel Patea in a domestic violence on the Gold Coast. Picture: Supplied. The findings show another woman ended a three-year relationship with Patea in 2009, stating he was frequently violent and whenever they argued he would lose his temper very quickly and would punch her . She also claimed Patea threatened to kill himself if she refused to reconcile following their break-up and on one occasion, she was forced to cut a rope from Patea s neck after finding him frothing at the mouth following a suicide attempt.