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'It is hard to accept': Father of Amber-Rose Rush reacts to her killer's death Newshub 2 hrs ago Mark Quinlivan © Video - Newshub; Image - File Venod Skantha died in an Otago prison on the same day his appeal was dismissed. Warning: Distressing content The father of murdered teenager Amber-Rose Rush says the death of her killer "is hard to accept". Officials confirmed convicted murderer Venod Skantha died at the Otago Corrections Facility on Wednesday - the same day his appeal was dismissed. His death is not being treated as suspicious, Corrections said. Speaking to Stuff...

Close Ad Corrections say they weren't aware of Venod Skantha's denied appeal before he was found dead in jail • Source:  1 NEWS Corrections say they weren't aware of Venod Skantha's denied appeal before he was found dead at Otago Corrections Facility yesterday afternoon. Venod Skantha. Source: 1 NEWS The former Dunedin doctor was serving time after being convicted of killing Dunedin teenager Amber-Rose Rush in February 2018. At a t...

Murderer doctor Venod Skantha: Corrections not told of lost appeal before his sudden death 15 Apr, 2021 05:58 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 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 Correction...

'Treated like nothing': New complaints of 'shocking' medical care at Auckland women's prison Newshub 2 hrs ago Warning: Distressing content Female prisoners are making an emotional plea to be "treated like humans", complaining they're finding it difficult to access medical care behind bars and "waiting for months" to be seen by a doctor.  The medical system in place has been condemned by two women currently locked up at Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility (ARWCF) in letters supplied to Newshub. It comes after the mistreatment of female prisoners was put under the spotlight after t...

“I sort of just felt it was something I had to put up with. “And if you tell, that’s what I thought initially, it’s going to make it harder on me.” It happened about 10 times in the space of a month, she said. She told a female officer, but later that day saw her walking past her cell window with the alleged abuser. Feeling that her complaint hadn’t been taken seriously, she pressed the emergency button in her cell, and from there the issue was escalated to senior staff. Corrections regional commissioner Lynette Cave said the staff member was formally stood down and an em...