Shane Michael Doran, aged 54, died by hanging whilst on home detention bail on 1 September 2020. He had been arrested for alleged assault offences and initially held in police custody, then remand, before being granted home detention with electronic monitoring on 21 July 2020. His Community Corrections officer appropriately encouraged mental health support, and Mr Doran attended general practitioners who found no evidence of mental health issues or suicidal ideation in August 2020. A psychology appointment was scheduled for 8 September 2020. Mr Doran died before this appointment. The coroner found that sufficient supervision was provided and that Mr Doran concealed his deteriorating mental state—presenting well superficially whilst harbouring suicidal intent. No preventative action could reasonably have been anticipated given the absence of warning signs.
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