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19y · Male·hanging
A 19-year-old male inmate with schizophrenia died by hanging at Long Bay Correctional Centre. Critical failures in mental health care contributed to preventability: despite initial referral in February 2013, he was never…
46y · Male·Gunshot wound to chest inflicted by NSW police officer
Mark David Bennett, 46, died on 23 November 2012 after being shot twice in the chest by Leading Senior Constable Damien Livermore during a police pursuit in Redfern, Sydney. Bennett had stolen a truck and driven it dange…
36y · Female·Internal injuries consequent on being stabbed repeatedly by Rocky Manu, a man wi…
Jasmine Roennfeldt, a 36-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder being treated at a community mental health clinic, died from stab wounds inflicted by her flatmate Rocky Manu, who had paranoid schizophrenia. Rocky h…
31y · Male·gunshot wounds to chest
Jason Chapman, a 31-year-old man with schizophrenia, was fatally shot by police on 13 October 2004 after behaving erratically and threatening, armed with a knife. The coroner found police acted lawfully in self-defence w…
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