CA

SE S

TUD

Y 3:

NEW

S R

EPO

RTS

1

Her

ald

Sun,

27

Mar

ch 2

001,

pag

e 3

CA

SE S

TUD

Y 3:

NEW

S R

EPO

RTS

2

By P

ETER

MIC

KELB

UR

OU

GH

KA

MAH

L C

OG

DO

N a

nd T

ANYA

GIL

ES

DER

ANG

ED e

scap

ee N

eville

Gar

den

had

been

allo

wed

on

40 d

ay-re

leas

e tri

ps d

espi

te a

dmitt

ing

to p

sych

iatri

c st

aff h

e w

ould

kill

agai

n.

Th

e H

eral

d Su

n le

arne

d ye

ster

day

that

Gar

den

was

the

nint

h in

mat

e to

esc

ape

in th

e pa

st y

ear w

hile

on

an o

utin

g fro

m th

e Th

omas

Em

blin

g H

ospi

tal,

whi

ch h

ouse

s th

e st

ate’

s w

orst

insa

ne c

rimin

als.

Gar

den’

s th

reat

to k

ill ag

ain

was

det

aile

d in

a m

emo

issu

ed to

pol

icy

yest

erda

y.

An

d th

e m

emo

says

Gar

den

– w

ho s

hot

dead

a M

ildur

a m

ilk b

ar o

wne

r in

a r

ando

m a

ttack

in 1

994

– co

uld

beco

me

unco

ntro

llabl

y vi

olen

t if

he m

ixed

alc

ohol

with

m

edic

atio

n.

“Tre

atin

g ps

ychi

atris

ts in

dica

te th

at if

he

rem

ains

off

his

med

icat

ion

he is

cap

able

of c

omm

ittin

g cr

imes

of t

his

mag

nitu

de (m

urde

r) in

the

futu

re.”

the

polic

e m

emo

says

.

“Gar

den

has

a do

cum

ente

d ha

tred

for

auth

oriti

es,

incl

udin

g po

lice,

ASI

O,

AFP

(Aus

tralia

n Fe

dera

l Pol

ice)

and

, if

conf

ront

ed in

a n

on-c

ontro

lled

envi

ronm

ent,

will

be

extre

mel

y ag

gres

sive

tow

ard

polic

e.

“G

arde

n ha

s in

dica

ted

to s

taff

at th

e ps

ychi

atric

hos

pita

l tha

t if i

n po

sses

sion

of f

irear

ms

he w

ill us

e th

em.”

“G

arde

n ha

s th

e pr

open

sity

for e

xtre

me

viol

ence

and

due

car

e an

d at

tent

ion

mus

t be

exer

cise

d in

app

roac

hing

him

.” Bu

t the

Tho

mas

Em

blin

g H

ospi

tal y

este

rday

sto

od b

y its

cla

im th

at th

e pa

rano

id s

chiz

ophr

enic

pos

ed n

ot ri

sk u

nles

s co

rner

ed o

r his

med

icat

ion

wor

e of

f.

Follo

win

g H

eral

d S

un re

vela

tions

yes

terd

ay th

at G

arde

n ha

d es

cape

d w

hile

on

an o

utin

g to

Sou

thba

nk, i

t em

erge

d th

at: S

TAFF

at T

hom

as E

mbl

ing

told

pol

ice

they

hel

d gr

ave

fear

s fo

r any

one

who

cam

e in

to c

onta

ct w

ith G

arde

n.

POSS

IBLE

sig

htin

gs o

f Gar

den

in th

e ci

ty a

nd H

awth

orn

area

s w

ere

repo

rted

by th

e pu

blic

. PR

EMIE

R S

teve

Bra

cks

said

he

was

dis

turb

ed b

y th

e la

test

esc

ape,

and

the

Gov

ernm

ent c

ance

lled

all d

ay le

ave

for i

nmat

es a

t the

Fai

rfiel

d H

ospi

tal.

G

arde

n es

cape

d on

Sun

day

whi

le o

n a

four

-hou

r trip

to th

e ci

ty w

ith tw

o nu

rses

, a p

art o

f his

rout

ine

sinc

e O

ctob

er la

st y

ear.

CO

NTI

NU

ED P

age

2

Her

ald

Sun,

28

Mar

ch 2

001,

pag

e 1

CA

SE S

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Y 3:

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S R

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HAV

OC

of d

ay re

leas

e es

cape

e,

[Not

e: c

opy

re-ty

ped

from

orig

inal

arti

cle]

H

eral

d Su

n, 2

8 M

arch

200

1, p

age

2

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