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The death of killer Dunedin doctor Venod Skantha has forced a review of how courts communicate with prisons.
Convicted murderer Venod Skantha died at Otago Corrections Facility this week.
Photo: Otago Daily Times / Stephen Jaquiery
Questions have been raised as to how Otago Corrections Facility staff were not aware a Court of Appeal decision rejecting Skantha s appeal bid had been released on Wednesday.
Skantha, who was convicted of murdering Dunedin teenager Amber-Rose Rush in 2018, is believed to taken his own life at the prison near Milton in South Otago just hours after learning of the decision to uphold his conviction.
Venod Skantha prison death: Killer Dunedin doctor s death at Otago prison prompts review
16 Apr, 2021 08:29 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
The death of killer Dunedin doctor Venod Skantha has forced a review of how courts communicate with prisons.
Questions have been raised as to how Otago Corrections Facility staff were not aware a Court of Appeal decision rejecting Skantha s appeal bid had been released on Wednesday.
Skantha, who was convicted of murdering Dunedin teenager Amber-Rose Rush in 2018, is believed to taken his own life just hours after learning of the decision to uphold his conviction.
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