CORONERS ACT, 1975 AS AMENDED SOUTH AUSTRALIA FINDING OF INQUEST An Inquest on behalf of our Sovereign Lady the Queen at Whyalla and Adelaide in the State of South Australia, on the 9th, 10th and 11th days of December 2002, the 12th, 13th and 24th days of February 2003 and the 28th day of March 2003, before Anthony Ernest Schapel, a Coroner for the said State, concerning the death of Justin Malcolm Rogers. I, the said Coroner, find that, Justin Malcolm Rogers aged 27 years, late of 3 Mepstead Street, Whyalla, South Australia died at Whyalla, South Australia on the 29th day of June 2000 as a result of Propoxyphene toxicity. Introduction Justin Malcolm Rogers, the deceased, was 27 years of age when he died in police custody in the early hours of the morning of 29 June 2000. He lived at 3 Mepstead Street, Whyalla. These were premises of which he was the usual occupant. In the weeks preceding his death, the deceased had befriended a woman by the name of Margaret Rogan. She and her son, Rex, aged 13 at the time, were living at the Mepstead Street address at the time of the deceased’s death. In the days preceding his death, the deceased had befriended one Andre Connell, his association with whom led to the deceased acquiring a large amount of Propoxyphene, commercially known as Doloxene, the ingestion of which caused the deceased’s death. It will be understood in these findings that a reference to Propoxyphene or Doloxene is a reference to the same substance. The deceased suffered from chronic paranoid schizophrenia. It is thought that he developed this as a result of an industrial accident in 1992. At the time of his death, the deceased had been prescribed Zuclopenthixol in relation to his schizophrenia. This drug was administered by injection on a regular basis by staff of the Whyalla
CORONERS ACT, 1975 AS AMENDED SOUTH AUSTRALIA FINDING OF INQUEST An Inquest on behalf of our Sovereign Lady the Queen at Whyalla and Adelaide in the State of South Australia, on the 9th, 10th and 11th days of December 2002, the 12th, 13th and 24th days of February 2003 and the 28th day of March 2003, before Anthony Ernest Schapel, a Coroner for the said State, concerning the death of Justin Malcolm Rogers. I, the said Coroner, find that, Justin Malcolm Rogers aged 27 years, late of 3 Mepstead Street, Whyalla, South Australia died at Whyalla, South Australia on the 29th day of June 2000 as a result of Propoxyphene toxicity. Introduction Justin Malcolm Rogers, the deceased, was 27 years of age when he died in police custody in the early hours of the morning of 29 June 2000. He lived at 3 Mepstead Street, Whyalla. These were premises of which he was the usual occupant. In the weeks preceding his death, the deceased had befriended a woman by the name of Margaret Rogan. She and her son, Rex, aged 13 at the time, were living at the Mepstead Street address at the time of the deceased’s death. In the days preceding his death, the deceased had befriended one Andre Connell, his association with whom led to the deceased acquiring a large amount of Propoxyphene, commercially known as Doloxene, the ingestion of which caused the deceased’s death. It will be understood in these findings that a reference to Propoxyphene or Doloxene is a reference to the same substance. The deceased suffered from chronic paranoid schizophrenia. It is thought that he developed this as a result of an industrial accident in 1992. At the time of his death, the deceased had been prescribed Zuclopenthixol in relation to his schizophrenia. This drug was administered by injection on a regular basis by staff of the Whyalla