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Von Einem supplied sex drug in jail

 

CONVICTED sex killer Bevan Spencer von Einem has been prescribed a Viagra-style drug in prison, sparking outrage from the State Government.

Health Minister John Hill said yesterday he was "furious" at the revelation and had immediately banned such drugs in SA prisons.

 

He has also ordered the Crown Solicitor's office to investigate whether any laws or internal regulations have been broken by the doctor who prescribed the erectile dysfunction drug to von Einem.

 

The doctor, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was suspended late yesterday by Health Department chief executive Tony Sherbon while the inquiry is conducted.

 

Mr Hill acted after being told by the Sunday Mail that evidence provided to police as part of a rape inquiry involving von Einem indicated he had been prescribed the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis in 2003.

 

Confirmation of this by Mr Hill provides even more evidence of preferential treatment towards von Einem, who was convicted of the murder of Richard Kelvin in 1983. He is eligible for parole in 2008.

 

Cialis is identical to Viagra but more potent. A 20mg dose is comparable to a 100mg dose of Viagra.

 

When briefed by his departmental officers on Friday night after returning from Sydney, Mr Hill said he was angered and found it "hard to imagine anything more ridiculous".

 

"I think the community will be outraged, as I am," he said. "I couldn't believe the appalling judgment of the doctor who made the decision to prescribe convicted murderer and deviant von Einem with a Viagra-type drug three years ago.

 

"I believe it is the biggest lack of judgment possible from a professional in a position of trust in an institution.

 

"I was furious when informed of this and I deeply regret any distress this will cause to victims' families.

 

"I just cannot fathom why any doctor would believe this was a good idea."

 

Mr Hill said the drug was prescribed to von Einem by the prison health service "without the knowledge of prison authorities" for three months in 2003.

 

"When I was informed of this outrage I asked the deputy Crown Solicitor to conduct an investigation and advise whether there had been any breach of the law or regulations or whether there had been any improper or unprofessional conduct by an employee," he said.

 

Mr Hill said erectile dysfunction medication had only been prescribed twice for prisoners. The first occasion was to an unnamed prisoner who was about to be released in 2001, and to von Einem in 2003.

 

"No prisoner will ever be prescribed any such drug again in SA's prison system," he said.

 

The doctor's actions are revealed in a police statement made by a prisoner who alleges von Einem sexually assaulted him over a period of 18 months.

 

The inmate's 20-page signed statement, which has been obtained by the Sunday Mail, was taken by Sexual Crime Investigation Branch detectives.

 

In the statement the inmate describes how von Einem showed him the Cialis tablets shortly before one violent sexual assault.

 

He says von Einem had called him into his B Division cell and said "look what I've got" and "he showed me a box of tablets that were called Cialis".

 

"I had a look on the box and it had an exact description of what Viagra does . . . ," he says.

 

He said von Einem hid the tablets behind his stereo and he named the doctor who had prescribed them.

 

The inmate's mother said last night she was "dumbfounded that any prisoner, let alone von Einem, was given a drug to encourage sexual activity in prison."

 

"Why have they given a sexual predator a Viagra-type medication in prison?" she said.

 

"I assumed people with a sexual dysfunction would be given drugs to stop this type of activity. Now we find he has been given a drug doing just the opposite.

 

"What the hell is going on in there with von Einem?"

 

The inmate's statement also details how von Einem allegedly told the inmate his mother could be "got" unless he co-operated with him.

 

He says von Einem had told him just prior to the first sexual assault: "I am going to have my way with you and if you don't return the favour your mother is going to be visited by some friends and got."

 

The inmate says von Einem had repeated the threat over the next 18 months as the assaults continued.

 

It is understood the police inquiry is in its final stages and the file is likely to be forwarded to Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Pallaras QC for adjudication shortly.

 

SCIB officer-in-charge Detective Superintendent John Venditto yesterday declined to comment on the police inquiry on the basis of provisions in the Evidence Act concerning sexual offences.

 

The police investigation is separate to an internal inquiry being conducted by Correctional Services into numerous prison officers who have been purchasing artwork from von Einem.

 

 

 

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This guy was the "Family" murderer, he belonged to a group that killed at least seven young men and rumour had half the Adelaide legal community along with other prominent citizens belonging to it. He's done a lot of time and probably will never be released. He has always refused to implicate his associates.

Yes, I could believe Stephen King based Castle Rock, setting of many of his horror stories, on Adelaide. There are two unsolved cases of groups of children just disappearing off the face of the planet, and the Truro murders (six girls) were only solved when one of the killers talked to much after the death of the other, his bisexual lover.

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This is the link,called Adelaide Now, it is site for the Advertiser and the Sunday Mail. I've had problems sending it before but Adelaide Now in the search box finds it every time.

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/news/state

The week before a female ex prison officer revealed she used to cook this guy bacon and eggs every morning.

You're right about the Snowtown murders, most of them were committed in Adelaide and the bodies hidden in a former Snowtown bank.

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