ANNA-JANE Cheney likely died accidentally after fainting and hitting
her head on the bath she drowned in, an interstate forensic pathology
expert has told Henry Keogh’s landmark appeal case.
STORY: "Anna-Jane Cheney likely died accidentally, forensic expert pathologist Matthew Lynch tells Henry Vincent Keogh appeal," by reporter Jordanna Schreiver published on September 24, 2014 by Adelaide Now.
SUB-HEADING: "Anna-Jane Cheney likely died accidentally after fainting and hitting
her head on the bath she drowned in, an interstate forensic pathology
expert has told Henry Keogh’s landmark appeal case."
GIST: "Dr Matthew Lynch, a senior forensic pathologist at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, today told the Full Court of the Court of Criminal Appeal his review of the evidence suggested Ms Cheney had died accidentally. Dr Lynch said a drop in blood pressure caused by standing up out of hot water could have caused a fainting episode, while an abnormal heart condition had also not been excluded as a cause. When questioned he said it was “more likely” Ms Cheney had slipped and fallen causing her to accidentally drown. “The critical question is when a person becomes submerged, what is the reason they are unable to extract themselves,” he said. “It might be as a consequence of an injury ... or a natural process which renders the person unconscious.” He said Ms Cheney’s heart should have been weighed and recorded to help exclude any possible cause of death, because drowning was a “diagnosis of exclusion”..........
Today, Dr Lynch also told the court he believed the bruises on the back of Ms Cheney’s neck had occurred around the time of her death, disputing evidence from an earlier witness who suggested they were caused by the autopsy itself. Dr Lynch said there was no evidence to suggest bruising reported in an autopsy report of being on the left leg was actually bruising. “I though I saw bruising on the right leg (in a post-mortem photograph) but no sign of bruising on the left leg.”
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/annajane-cheney-likely-died-accidentally-expert-forensic-pathologist-matthew-lynch-tells-henry-vincent-keogh-appeal/story-fni6uo1m-1227069465264
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