Reconciliation and Social Justice Library

ROYAL COMMISSION INTO

ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY

REPORT OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF

KEITH EDWARD KARPANY

• KEITH EDWARD KARPANY
  • SYNOPSIS
  • PROFILE OF THE DECEASED
    • 2.1 BACKGROUND
    • 2.2 KEITH'S EARLIER LIFE
    • 2.3 KEITH'S LATER LIFE
  • CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DEATH
    • 3.1 THE IMMEDIATE BACKGROUND TO KEITH'S DEATH
    • 3.2 WHEN WAS THE FATAL INJURY SUFFERED?
    • 3.3 TREATMENT AT THE ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL CASUALTY DEPARTMENT ON THE MORNING OF 12 MARCH 1983
    • 3.4 KEITH'S ARREST AT 11.35AM ON 12 MARCH 1983
    • 3.5 TREATMENT AT THE CITY WATCH-HOUSE ON 12 MARCH 1983
    • 3.6 KEITH'S SECOND ATTENDANCE AT THE ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL ON THE EVENING OF 12 MARCH 1983 AND FOLLOWING
      • 3.6.1 EVENTS BETWEEN 6.02PM AND 8.30PM
      • 3.6.2 EVENTS FROM 8.30PM
  • POST DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
    • 4.1 POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION
    • 4.2 POLICE INVESTIGATION
    • 4.3 THE INQUEST
  • JURISDICTION
  • UNDERLYING ISSUES
    • 6.1 THE LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND TO THE LIFE OF KEITH KARPANY
    • 6.2 OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC INTOXICATION ACT 1984
    • 6.3 CHANGES AT THE ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL SINCE KEITH'S DEATH
    • 6.4 PROCEDURES RELEVANT TO INTOXICATED PERSONS PRESENTING AT HOSPITALS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    • 6.5 SURVEILLANCE
    • 6.6 CONDITIONS IN THE CITY WATCH-HOUSE
    • SCHEDULE 1
    • SCHEDULE 2: LIST OF WITNESSES
    • SCHEDULE 3: LIST OF EXHIBITS