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Here is a selection of my publications. Click on the title to view the whole text, or chose a category on the left.

• Restraint autopsy yields no clues
  23.04.2010
  By: TONY KOCH FURTHER tests will be required to determine the cause of death of a mentally ill father of three who died after being restrained by hospital security staff and police in north Queensland. Lyji Vaggs's family revealed... read more
• CCTV failure dismays family
  20.04.2010
  By: TONY KOCH THE revelation that closed-circuit television footage does not show what happened when Townsville mental health patient Lyji Vaggs tried to be admitted to hospital last Wednesday has dismayed family and friends. Mr Vaggs was... read more
• No CCTV of scuffle in hospital
  19.04.2010
  By: JAMIE WALKER, TONY KOCH A probe into the death of a mentally ill man will be deprived of security footage OUTRAGE over the death of an Aboriginal mental health patient who was trying to be admitted to hospital is set to intensify... read more
• A man who begged for help dies
  17.04.2010
  By: TONY KOCH THE diminutive Aboriginal woman was the last to leave the hospital room. She whispered a prayer, held her son's hand and kissed him gently on the forehead. Debbie Lampton then pushed the button that turned off the... read more
• Mentally ill man cuffed, then dies
  16.04.2010
  By: TONY KOCH A MENTALLY ill father of three was handcuffed by police in a north Queensland hospital before suffering respiratory failure that claimed his life yesterday. Police Ethical Standards officers were due to meet today with the... read more
• No CCTV of scuffle in hospital
  19.04.2001
  By: JAMIE WALKER, TONY KOCH Inquiries into a tragic fatality have been dealt a blow by the absence of security footage OUTRAGE over the death of an Aboriginal mental health patient who was trying to be admitted to hospital is set to... read more
• Judge says woman's insult to blame for attack
  07.03.2001
  A WOMAN who was attacked by her husband with an axe was found by a judge to be partly to blame for the violence because she had insulted the man's dead father. Clasping a baby to her chest, she was struck twice on the legs with the axe as she fled from... read more