Coronial

233 results for cannabis intoxication

SA2005-03-14

Coroner's Finding: Ward Kunmanara

Unknown·Multiple causes including neck compression due to hanging (Ward, Ryan, Cooper) a…

This inquest into four deaths on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands involved multiple causes including hanging (three cases) and exposure with complications. Kunmanara Ward died by hanging while intoxicated with petrol; Kun…

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WAcommunity2003-11-21

Inquest into the Death of Wesley Russell Yamera

17y · Male·Head injury

Wesley Russell Yamera, 17 years old, died on 22 December 2002 from head injury sustained when he fell from a police security vehicle cage. On 18 December, Yamera was apprehended by Fitzroy Crossing police after a vehicle…

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WAcommunity2022-04-01

Inquest into the Death of Cherdeena Shaye WYNNE

26y · Female·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and bronchopneumonia in a woman with methylamph…

Ms Cherdeena Wynne, a 26-year-old Noongar Yamatji woman, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and bronchopneumonia following cardiac arrest during police restraint on Albany Highway. She was intoxicated with methyl…

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SA2007-07-12

Coroner's Finding: SANSBURY Colin Craig

24y · Male·diffuse hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to hanging

Colin Craig Sansbury, 24-year-old Aboriginal man, died by hanging while in police custody at Elizabeth Police Station. Critical failures in care included: (1) Inadequate psychiatric assessment at Lyell McEwin Hospital—he…

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WApolice custody2017-03-31

Inquest into the Death of Maureen MANDIJARRA

44y · Female·unascertained (consistent with Streptococcus dysgalactiae and Staphylococcus aur…

Maureen Mandijarra, a 44-year-old Aboriginal woman with poorly controlled diabetes and recurrent skin infections, was arrested at Male Oval on 29 November 2012 for street drinking under a zero-tolerance police approach. …

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NSW2022-12-09

Inquest into the death of Tyrone Adams

22y · Male·Multiple injuries to the chest, abdomen and limbs

Tyrone Adams, age 22, died in a motor vehicle collision on the M1 Motorway following a police pursuit. The initial pursuit was initiated based on questionable reasonable suspicion to stop a hire vehicle. The coroner foun…

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VIC2023-12-01

Finding into death of J ZA

17y · Female·Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) toxicity

JZA, a 17-year-old in residential out-of-home care, died from GHB toxicity after returning to her residential unit intoxicated in the early morning. She was monitored by residential support workers throughout the day but…

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WAcommunity2008-07-18

Inquest into the Death of Oombulgurri

Boyd Lyle Scotty Farrer: Ligature compression of the neck (hanging); Esmay Alber…

Five Aboriginal people died in Oombulgurri, a remote East Kimberley community, between March 2005 and April 2006: four by suicide and one in a motor vehicle accident. Boyd Farrer (16), Alicia Rex (15), Paul Mitchell (21)…

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VICcommunity2015-09-24

Finding into death of GC

42y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)

A 42-year-old male with a long history of schizophrenia and dissocial personality disorder was released from prison in August 2011 without parole conditions. Despite police and forensic mental health concerns about his r…

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ACT2018-04-11

AN INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF STEVEN CLAUDE FREEMAN

25y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to methadone toxicity

Steven Claude Freeman, a 25-year-old Aboriginal man, died of aspiration pneumonia secondary to methadone toxicity on 27 May 2016, while incarcerated at the Alexander Maconochie Centre in the ACT. He was assessed as opioi…

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WAhome2004-06-04

Inquest into the Death of Paul John Long

37y · Male·Acute Aspiration Pneumonitis following on Quetiapine Ingestion

Paul John Long, a 37-year-old man with chronic schizoaffective disorder and alcohol dependence, died on 4 November 2002 from acute aspiration pneumonitis following quetiapine overdose. After presenting to Avro Clinic in …

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SAcommunity2005-03-14

Coroner's Finding: Ward Kunmanara

Unknown·Multiple causes: hanging (three cases); exposure in context of organic brain dam…

Four Anangu (Aboriginal) young men died between May 2003 and March 2004 on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands in South Australia. Three deaths were by hanging (ages 19, 25, 27); one by exposure (age 35). Deaths were linked …

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NTcommunity2024-11-25

Inquest into the death of Kumarn Rabuntja, Kumanjayi Haywood, Miss Yunupingu and Ngeygo Ragurrk

Female·Domestic violence homicides: Miss Yunupiŋu—stab wound to chest; Ngeygo Ragurrk—b…

This landmark coronial finding examines four domestic violence deaths of Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory—Miss Yunupiŋu (2018), Ngeygo Ragurrk (2019), Kumarn Rubuntja (2021), and Kumanjayi Haywood (2021)—all ki…

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