{"id":6355,"date":"2019-08-10T13:17:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T04:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exitinternational.net\/?p=6355"},"modified":"2019-08-10T13:18:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T04:48:07","slug":"6355-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/exit\/6355-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Euthanasia Police Raid Items Returned to Dr Nitschke"},"content":{"rendered":"

A controversial euthanasia advocate has criticised police after his personal belongings were returned yesterday – more than five years after raids on his Adelaide home.Major crime detectives interviewed voluntarily voluntary assisted dying campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke over the death of terminal cancer patient Max Bromson, 67, who died in a Glenelg motel on July 28, 2014.<\/p>\n

Detectives sexzied more than 23 personal items during the three-hour raid on Dr Nitschke\u2019s then Gilberton home and clinic a few days later.<\/p>\n

But after a two-year investigation, no charges were laid.<\/p>\n

During a visit to Adelaide, the now Europe-based Dr Nitschke, 72, took back ownership of his items, including a laptop, an iPhone 6, memory sticks, correspondence with Mr Bromson and other documents.<\/p>\n

But police refused his request to delete his fingerprints and DNA from their records.<\/p>\n

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Authorities had considered whether a coronial inquest was needed into Mr Bromson\u2019s death but decided not to proceed with one.<\/p>\n

Dr Nitschke said he asked police to destroy vials of a white powder taken in the raid because he had no idea what they were.<\/p>\n

\u2018Everyone has been very considerate but for five years they have had my stuff when it was clear there was not going to be criminal charges laid\u2019 said Dr Nitschke who moved to Amsterdam in 2015.<\/p>\n

\u2018And that is what\u2019s made me more annoyed. It has been very disruptive. It has been so long my phone is now really out of date\u2019.<\/p>\n

Dr Nitschke collected his items from a police evidence facility in the southern suburbs with his wife of 10 years, lawyer Fiona Stewart, 53.<\/p>\n

Ms Stewart said \u2018I am still annoyed how our house was searched with very little evidence by 17 police officers\u2019.
\n\u2018It was a huge invasion of our privacy. We never returned to the house, which we sold last year. I didn\u2019t want anything to do with the place\u2019.<\/p>\n

Dr Nitschke said there would be \u2018inevitable change\u2019 to SA laws around assisted dying. There have been changes in Victoria legislation and proposed reforms in Western Australia.<\/p>\n

A police spokeswoman defended the time it took to return the items.<\/p>\n

‘The exhibits related to an open coronial matter and any exhibits seized are subject to release at the discretion of the Coroner\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

Police were unable to find a computer screen taken during the raid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A controversial euthanasia advocate has criticised police after his personal belongings were returned yesterday – more than five years after raids on his Adelaide home.Major crime detectives interviewed voluntarily voluntary assisted dying campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke over the death of terminal cancer patient Max Bromson, 67, who died in a Glenelg motel on July 28, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[5],"tags":[148,32,33,25,16,147,146],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n