$300,000 payout for psychotic killer
Aug 20th 2003, 8:13 am
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$300,000 payout for psychotic killer
This country is very far to all and the fact being a failed refugee I never understood how to work the system here but this is a good pointer to the Australian legal system.
$300,000 payout for psychotic killer
By Louise Milligan
August 20, 2003
A MAN acquitted of murder because he was psychotic has won a $300,000 payout after suing a hospital for negligently releasing him into the community.
In an unprecedented judgment, NSW Supreme Court judge Michael Adams yesterday awarded Kevin Presland the money for distress and economic loss suffered on remand.
Justice Adams said the hospital and the doctor who discharged Mr Presland "materially contributed" to the victim's death.
The judgment has prompted speculation about whether parents and police will now be liable for negligence if people in their care commit crimes.
Mr Presland, 45, now a full-time electrician who no longer requires psychiatric medication, killed his brother's fiancee, Kelley Ann Laws, during a psychotic rage in her home in 1995.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...5E2702,00.html
$300,000 payout for psychotic killer
By Louise Milligan
August 20, 2003
A MAN acquitted of murder because he was psychotic has won a $300,000 payout after suing a hospital for negligently releasing him into the community.
In an unprecedented judgment, NSW Supreme Court judge Michael Adams yesterday awarded Kevin Presland the money for distress and economic loss suffered on remand.
Justice Adams said the hospital and the doctor who discharged Mr Presland "materially contributed" to the victim's death.
The judgment has prompted speculation about whether parents and police will now be liable for negligence if people in their care commit crimes.
Mr Presland, 45, now a full-time electrician who no longer requires psychiatric medication, killed his brother's fiancee, Kelley Ann Laws, during a psychotic rage in her home in 1995.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...5E2702,00.html
