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A correctional officer was issued a worn-out holster before an inmate managed to grab her gun and take his own life in Wollongong's CBD, the state coroner has found.

Magistrate Teresa O'Sullivan has called for Corrective Services NSW to conduct an urgent audit of its armouries to identify and remove any holsters that are not in proper operational condition, in light of Mathew Richard Lothian's death on January 6, 2021.

On that day, two correctional officers were taking Mr Lothian, an inm

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