51y · Female·head injury in a woman with evidence of ligature strangulation
…izabeth Howell, a 51-year-old woman, died on 21 April 2007 from head injury sustained in conjunction with ligature strangulation. The coroner found on the balance of probabilities that the deceased's de facto partner, Mr…
2y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Brain Injury in circumstances of Ligature strangulation (Blind…
Lachlan McCann, a healthy 2-year-old, died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following ligature strangulation by a blind cord. While playing on a couch beneath a window, he became entangled in an unsec…
49y · Female·strangulation
Jingai Zhang, a 49-year-old sex worker, died from strangulation during a consensual sexual encounter on 26 December 2020 in Launceston, Tasmania. The perpetrator, Tob…
41y · Male·ligature strangulation
A 41-year-old man with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and psychosis died by ligature strangulation using his shoelaces in an acute mental health unit. He had been admitted involuntarily foll…
47y · Female·Neck compression (ligature strangulation)
A 47-year-old woman died by ligature strangulation using pantyhose while in police custody after arrest on outstanding warrants. She had docum…
28y · Male·ligature strangulation
…ts specific to early psychosis. When granted leave on 21 April, DB absconded, purchased rope, and died by ligature strangulation. The coroner recommended developing standardised leave forms and information packages for f…
37y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy as a direct result of neck compression
…-old woman of Indian origin living in Victoria, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from ligature strangulation (neck compression). She was admitted to ICU in cardiac arrest and died nine days later. She…
59y · Female·Ligature strangulation
Anne Whitelegg, a 59-year-old nurse from Scotland, was murdered by her husband David via ligature strangulation. The death resulted from a pattern of sustained family violence including emotional, physic…
53y · Female·Ligature strangulation
…-old woman serving her first prison sentence for assault committed during drug-induced psychosis, died by ligature strangulation in her cell at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre Women's Prison on 26 January 2017. She had a compl…
17y · Female·Homicidal violence of undetermined aetiology
…ecomposition prevented exact determination of the mechanism. The pathologist considered suffocation or strangulation with a broad ligature as possible causes. Evidence at the inquest indicated the victim died at or near…
42y · Male·Nick Karayiannis: ligature strangulation inflicted by cellmate Tien Tran; Tien T…
…water Metropolitan Reception and Remand Centre: Nick Karayiannis was killed by his cellmate Tien Tran via ligature strangulation, and Tran subsequently hanged himself. Tran had a history of suicide attempts (2000) which …
60y · Female·neck compression by ligature strangulation
Martina Morgan, aged 60, died from ligature strangulation by her own leggings while in police custody at Sturt Police Station in March 2015. She was …
34y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury caused by hanging
…llowing a suicide by hanging on 17 June 2008. Despite police intervention, critical delays in cutting the ligature around his neck prevented timely resuscitation and resulted in irreversible brain damage from prolonged h…
26y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (Hanging)
…iours and recommended reassessment, no mental health professional reviewed him on 4 June 2000. He died by ligature strangulation with a stereo cord. The coroner identified systemic failures: delayed psychiatric assessmen…
52y · Male·Neck compression (ligature strangulation)
…l, a 52-year-old man with schizophrenia, HIV, and substance abuse history, died from neck compression (strangulation) while in remand custody at Mid North Coast Correctional Centre. He was placed in a cell with Richard …
20y · Female·Neck compression
…oy Boothey, despite an initial presentation as suicide. The medical examination, forensic analysis of the ligature system, and blood pattern evidence all indicated the death was not self-inflicted. Police had attended tw…
34y · Female·Neck compression from ligature strangulation
This dual inquest examined deaths in Smithfield on 4 September 2016. A male partner (48) killed a female partner (34) while their three-year-old daughter was present. Separated but cohabiting, the couple's breakdown acce…
73y · Female·neck compression by ligature
Sofija Dobrijevic, a 73-year-old woman detained under the Mental Health Act, died by ligature strangulation in a closed psychiatric ward at Glenside Hospital. She had chronic pain since a 2002 fall, …
27y · Male·ligature strangulation
A 27-year-old male with treatment-resistant schizophrenia died from ligature strangulation by a co-patient at a secure forensic mental health facility. The deceased had multiple admi…
22y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
Dean Kieran Lauder, aged 22, died on 31 May 1998 at Canning Vale Prison by ligature strangulation (hanging) while in a punishment cell. He was serving a 7-day sentence for cannabis possessi…
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