30y · Male·neck compression from ligature strangulation and possible suspension (hanging)
BG, a 30-year-old Nepalese national in Australia, died by intentional neck compression on 11–12 January 2018. He had previously caused the death of Amelia Blake on 9 January 2018. BG was experiencing multiple severe stre…
Male·Coe: self-inflicted hanging; Pittaway: neck compression due to self-inflicted st…
…005, approximately 25 minutes after officers last physically checked him. Steven Pittaway (46) died by strangulation using a ligature on 8 December 2005, undetected for 80 minutes despite mandatory hourly inspections. C…
34y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain injury following resuscitated cardiac arrest and hanging
…t's access to shoelaces (a known means) was not managed despite prior incidents of using them for self-strangulation. Preventable failures included inadequate escalation responses, fragmented communication, and discharg…
43y · Male·suffocation by plastic bag (Neil Brooks); neck compression due to strangulation …
Two deaths investigated in joint inquest: Tracy Jayne Foster died by strangulation in December 2002; Neil James Brooks, her partner charged with her murder, died by suffocation while on…
30y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Paul Strange, aged 30, died by suicide through ligature compression of the neck eleven days after discharge from Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) for depression with c…
39y · Female·ligature strangulation
Fatima Batool, a 39-year-old woman from Pakistan, was fatally strangled by her husband on 7 July 2018. She had experienced ongoing family violence including physical assault, controlling behaviour, surveillance, and isol…
32y · Male·asphyxia arising from neck compression from self-inflicted ligature strangulatio…
Glen Russell, 32, died by suicide in Cessnock Correctional Centre while on remand. He had a complex history including childhood sexual assault, schizophrenia diagnosis, heroin use, and recent self-harm episodes. Although…
46y · Female·Unascertained - death occurred in the course of an assault by her husband; evide…
Zahra Rahimzadegan, a 46-year-old Iranian-Australian woman, was killed by her husband in a domestic homicide on 16 December 2011. The death occurred in the context of a 16-year history of physical abuse, threats, and con…
36y · Male·Ligature strangulation
Duke Schafer, 36-year-old prisoner, was murdered by fellow inmate Carl Bloomfield in May 2020 at Woodford Correctional Centre. Bloomfield strangled Schafer in an unsupervised laundry area during a period when officers we…
25y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
David Peter Ellery, a 25-year-old man with long-standing amphetamine addiction and deteriorating mental health, died by hanging on 31 July 2007. He presented to Bentley Hospital on 31 July with active suicidal ideation, …
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