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Christopher Malyschko inquest finds ‘care and supervision’ of prisoner was ‘inadequate’
Northern Territory coroner Greg Cavanagh has found Corrections failed to adequately care for Christopher Malyschko before his death in Darwin’s Holtze prison.
Key points:
- Malyschko was in prison for orchestrating the NT’s first known contract killing.
- The coroner said investigations by NT Police had been “initially poor”
- Mr Cavanagh recommended Corrections take action to stop the flow of synthetic cannabis
Malyschko, 31, was found dead in his cell on August 20, 2019.
He died from positional asphyxia — meaning he was not able to get enough air to breathe — due to his synthetic cannabis use and obesity.
A three-day inquest into the circumstances surrounding Malyschko’s death heard synthetic cannabis, or Kronic, was “rife” in the prison and…
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