Venod Skantha prison death: Killer Dunedin doctor's death at Otago prison prompts review 16 Apr, 2021 08:29 PM 3 minutes to read 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.