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Murderer doctor Venod Skantha: Corrections not told of lost appeal before his sudden death
15 Apr, 2021 05:58 PM
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The former doctor convicted of murdering a Dunedin teenager has died in prison. Video / NZ Herald
The former doctor convicted of murdering a Dunedin teenager has died in prison. Video / NZ Herald
Otago Daily Times
By: Daisy Hudson
The sudden death in prison of Dunedin murderer Venod Skantha has sparked calls for an overhaul of court policy.
The former doctor, who murdered Dunedin teenager Amber-Rose Rush in 2018, died in a suspected suicide at the Otago Corrections Facility, at Milburn, on Wednesday, just hours after learning his appeal bid had been tossed out.