Vic: Carers charged over death of disabled man

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2006
Vic: Carers charged over death of disabled man

Two former Department of Human Services officers have been charged with the manslaughter
of an intellectually disabled Victorian man.

57-year-old KENNETH REGINALD CONDUIT from Sunbury .. and 36-year-old JOANNE PACE from
Melton South .. have both appeared at Melbourne Magistrates' Court today .. charged with
one count of manslaughter.

The pair are facing charges after 67-year-old KEVIN CHUTER allegedly drank liniment
last May at a football ground in Melton .. in Melbourne's north-west .. dying soon after
in hospital.

The disabled man lived in care homes most of his life.

CONDUIT and PACE will reappear at the same court on October 18.

The DHS says it can't comment on the matter as it's before the court.

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KEYWORD: CONDUIT (MELBOURNE)

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