Rogerson, 83, who was serving a life sentence for the 2014 murder of Jamie Gao, had received ‘appropriate care,’ deputy NSW coroner says
The disgraced former New South Wales police officer Roger Rogerson died after suffering a major stroke while bedridden and receiving “end-of-life care”, an inquest has confirmed.The 83-year-old had been serving a life sentence in the aged care unit of Long Bay jailThe deputy state coroner, Elizabeth Ryan, told an inquest on Tuesday there was no “great controversy” regarding Rogerson’s death and its circumstances.
Counsel assisting Matthew McAuliffe said Rogerson was bedridden upon his transfer to the jail’s aged care unit on 9 June 2023 and remained so for the seven months leading up to his death.On January 18, prison staff noted Rogerson was “drowsy, unable to obey directions, unable to feed himself and was lapsing in and out of consciousness” and he was transferred to hospital.
Rogerson was declared dead at 11.14 pm on 21 January, with a subsequent postmortem confirming the cause of death to be a stroke.
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