75 results for “controlling behaviour”
43y · Female·Head and neck injuries
GVY, aged 43, was fatally attacked by her husband MJN with an axe and knife on 3 December 2022 after she initiated separation. MJN had a documented history of coercive control, physical violence, jealousy, and financial …
21; 23y · Female; male·Lilie: multiple blunt force injuries to the head and neck. Paul: multiple blunt …
…lasting about 2 months, which Lilie ended on 20 October 2023. After rejection, Paul exhibited concerning behaviour including: technology-facilitated abuse (location tracking via Snapchat, creating a fake account), physi…
46y · Female·Unascertained - death occurred in the course of an assault by her husband; evide…
…6 December 2011. The death occurred in the context of a 16-year history of physical abuse, threats, and controlling behaviour. The coroner identified significant service system gaps: couple's counselling was inappropria…
3y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in dog attack
… in a childproof enclosure. Although the dogs had no prior history of aggression, a specialist in animal behaviour identified multiple environmental factors that may have triggered the attack. The coroner concluded Ruby…
38y · Female·Hanging in the setting of multiple blunt force injuries
… professionals require mandatory family violence training to identify high-risk perpetrators displaying controlling, obsessive and jealous behaviours; the absence of perpetrator-focused training for private psychologist…
36y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…lly shot his children before taking his own life. The investigation revealed he had a history of violent behaviour in intimate relationships, a prior suicide attempt in 2005, and was facing criminal charges for breachin…
35y · Female·Stab wounds to the chest
…usband Andrew Luo in their home through stab wounds to the chest. Luo had displayed increasingly erratic behaviour throughout 2019, including delusions of persecution, beliefs that Chen was having affairs, and violent t…
32y · Male·Head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)
Richard Powell, a 32-year-old with a history of violent behaviour and methamphetamine use, died from head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident while assaulting …
31y · Female·Single contact range gunshot wound to the head
Karen Belej, 31, was fatally shot by her de facto partner Brandon Osborn during a family violence incident on 1 May 2016 in rural Victoria. Osborn, a prohibited firearm possessor following a family violence intervention …
59y · Female·blunt force head trauma
…nd systemic issues identified include: Weigand's deteriorating mental health (paranoid ideation, erratic behaviour) documented following April 2014 hospitalisation at Wyong Hospital where he was diagnosed with paranoia …
27y · Female·neck compression (suicide by hanging)
…e coroner found Chris's conduct toward her—including documented physical violence, emotional abuse, and controlling behaviour in late February 2018—contributed to her decision to end her life, though he did not directly…
26y · Female·Multiple stab wounds
…stories; (3) Failure to escalate risk assessment appropriately when strangulation, threats to kill, and controlling behaviour are present; (4) Poor interstate information-sharing about family violence orders and inciden…
41y · Female·Gunshot wound to the head
Patricia Margaret Busby, age 41, was killed by her intimate partner Gregory Murray in August 2014 in a homicide-suicide following an incident at Murray's former wife's home. Murray had recently been charged with drink-dr…
35y · Female·Incised wound to neck
KH, a 35-year-old woman, was killed by her de-facto partner C through severe neck lacerations inflicted with a kitchen knife on 20-21 January 2011. C had an extensive history of violent offences and was subject to a prot…
40y · Female·Unknown cause, suspected homicide
Iveta Mitchell, a 40-year-old mother of three, disappeared from her home on 2-3 May 2010 after an argument with her husband Chad. She left without her phone, handbag, or car keys—completely out of character. Police condu…
Mixed·Hannah Clarke: multi-organ failure due to effects of fire; Aaliyah, Laianah and …
…ted multi-agency response despite Hannah being assessed as 'high risk'; insufficient resources for men's behaviour change programs; and lack of domestic violence screening by mental health practitioners. Hannah had expr…
81y · Male·Community acquired pneumonia in a man with acute on chronic renal failure
An 81-year-old man with chronic respiratory disease and renal failure died from community-acquired pneumonia complicated by acute-on-chronic renal failure. He presented to hospital on 25 April 2023 with respiratory failu…
13y · Male·Hanging
…'s Hospital. He had experienced significant family violence from his father, including emotional abuse, controlling behaviour, and abusive messages. Multiple services—school, paediatrician, Child Protection, and mental …
Female·Wendy Murphy: blunt head and chest trauma; Natalie McCormack: haemorrhage follow…
Two Aboriginal women in Alice Springs died from domestic violence after years of repeated assaults by intimate partners. Wendy Murphy, 36, was beaten to death by Stanley Scrutton after a 10-year history of documented vio…
41y · Female·Multiple injuries
Alicia Maree Little, aged 41, was struck and killed by a motor vehicle driven by her former intimate partner while she was leaving the relationship. The case highlights significant systemic failures in family violence re…
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