A prison nurse has tearfully apologised to the family of a disabled man who had an epileptic seizure in a cell, saying he could have done better caring for him before he died.

The nurse has been giving evidence at an inquest into the death of Wayne Hunt, who suffered a seizure at Darwin Correctional Centre on August 29, 2024.

Hunt became combative after the seizure and struggled against prison guards who roughly handled him, pinning him down on a mattress, handcuffing him and putting him in a spithood.

He was bundled off in a wheelchair to the medical unit, but instead of being given a full medical check was left naked on the floor of an "at-risk" cell.

The 56-year-old was found unresponsive in the cell the next morning and rushed to hospital, where he died two days later.

The nurse,

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