141 results for “domestic violence injuries”
37y · Male·Sharp force injuries of the neck and left arm
…custody at Cessnock Correction Centre died by suicide on 3 September 2019 from self-inflicted sharp force injuries to the neck and left arm. He had been in custody for 44 days following charges of sexual offences against…
25y · Female·Neck compression secondary to hanging
…ance misuse, died by suicide while in an intimate partner relationship characterised by documented family violence. She presented to hospital multiple times with injuries consistent with assault (fractured vertebra, hand…
1y · Female·Multiple injuries (subdural clot, multiple rib fractures, injuries to liver, blo…
A 20-month-old girl died from fatal injuries inflicted by her mother's partner. She presented to hospital twice in two weeks with suspicious injuries:…
16y · Female·lacerations of the liver
…. Forensic evidence indicated severe abdominal trauma consistent with jumping on a prone victim, dragging injuries, and defensive wounds. The coroner found the main suspect—the former boyfriend—to be an unreliable witnes…
48y · Male·Head injury from blunt force trauma
…during a physical altercation on 26 November 2008 in Werribee. Medical examination revealed multiple head injuries from a wrench used in self-defence by two men whom Hunt had assaulted with a box cutter. Hunt left the sc…
48y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a train
…ces provided were reasonable and appropriate. However, systemic failures were identified regarding family violence responses: health and police staff failed to adequately document and respond to her disclosed family viol…
45y · Male·Self-inflicted burns (80-90% full and partial thickness burns across body)
Stephen Mawer, a 45-year-old man with longstanding depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, died from severe burns sustained when he deliberately set himself alight during a police siege at his home. He had recently be…
Boyd Lyle Scotty Farrer: Ligature compression of the neck (hanging); Esmay Alber…
… Rex (15), Paul Mitchell (21), and Patrick Taylor (41) died by hanging; Esmay Alberts (15) died from head injuries sustained in a crash while being driven by an intoxicated driver. Four had high blood alcohol levels. The…
26y · Female·Multiple stab wounds
…atally stabbed by her intimate partner MJD in April 2020 after a relationship marked by escalating family violence. Critical clinical and systemic lessons include: (1) Recognition of intimate partner homicide as a preven…
4y · Female·closed head injury with contributing extensive subcutaneous and intramuscular ha…
…January 2012 from closed head injury with extensive subcutaneous and intramuscular haemorrhage. The fatal injuries resulted from repeated trauma inflicted during a period when she was placed on an oversized motorbike by …
44y · Male·multiple injuries from fall from cliff
A 44-year-old man with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and bipolar affective disorder with drug-induced psychosis died following a fall from a cliff at Vaucluse during a police rescue operation. He had been managing s…
5y · Male·complications of blunt force injury to the head
…rts could not determine whether injury was accidental (fall from bunk) or deliberate. Evidence of chronic domestic violence in the home complicated the investigation but did not establish causation. The coroner could not…
45y · Male·single penetrating stab wound to the chest
James Smith, a 45-year-old man with a history of violence and alcohol use, died from a penetrating stab wound to the chest sustained during an altercation with his…
38y · Female·Hanging in the setting of multiple blunt force injuries
…d psychologist, was murdered by her estranged husband Adrian Basham in July 2018 despite an active family violence intervention order. The coronial investigation identified systemic failures in family violence service re…
42y · Female·Traumatic right subdural haematoma
…al haematoma sustained on 22 January 2015. She was found unresponsive at home with severe head and facial injuries after falls. Critical delays in medical assessment occurred when her partner called a home doctor service…
44y · Female·haemoperitoneum due to ruptured splenic subcapsular haematoma in the setting of …
…, was brutally assaulted by her partner Justin Turner on 18 June 2016, sustaining rib fractures and other injuries. She was discharged from hospital on 20 June after imaging did not reveal a ruptured spleen. That evening…
87y · Male·Complications of head injuries in setting of dementia
An 87-year-old man with vascular dementia died from complications of head injuries sustained in assaults by a fellow nursing home resident. The deceased had a documented tendency to wander…
57y · Male·acute subdural haematoma, cause undetermined (could result from trauma, fall, se…
…-related head injury, seizure-induced collapse, or spontaneous bleeding. Thompson had multiple prior head injuries with residual scarring, post-traumatic epilepsy poorly controlled by medication, severe alcohol dependenc…
44y · Male·gunshot wound to abdomen
A 44-year-old male died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen sustained during a police response to a domestic violence incident. He became aggressive, wielded a knife, and lunged at police after Taser and pepper spr…
1y · Female·Chest injuries
Angela Bannister, aged 22 months, died from extensive chest injuries sustained overnight in her mother's care. On 18 July 2008, she had a minor head injury and alleged dog bi…
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