Case 06: Roger Dean

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🗓️ 13 February 2016

⏱️ 32 minutes

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"You won't believe it, but it was like, satan saying to me that it's the right thing to do."

In the early hours of the 18th of November 2011 a fire was deliberately lit at the Quakers Hill Nursing Home. The nursing home housed 89 residents, a lot of whom were highly dependent patients who were immobile, suffering dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

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0:00.0	In the early hours of the 18th of November 2011, a fire was deliberately at the Quakershule
0:18.0	nursing home in Sydney's northwest.
0:20.9	The nursing home housed 89 residents, a lot were high dependent patients who were a mobile,
0:25.3	suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia.
0:28.3	The fire killed 11 residents, a further 8 residents were seriously injured from burns
0:32.2	and smoking a lot, but survived.
0:34.8	The case is one of Australia's worst ever mass murders, committed by a registered nurse,
0:39.2	Roger Dean, the person who was in charge of the nursing home that night.
0:43.9	The person who was supposed to be caring for the residents.
0:48.6	But he didn't care about anyone but himself.
0:52.2	He was trying to cover up another crime that he had committed.
1:14.9	Quakershule nursing home is an aged care facility caring for up to 100 residents that require
1:19.3	a high need of care and full assistance with daily living activities.
1:23.6	The home has 35 separate rooms, each containing a number of beds.
1:27.9	The nursing home is built into a large H shape and is divided into four wings.
1:32.6	Wing A1, Wing A2, Wing B1 and Wing B2.
1:37.4	Wing A1 contained eight rooms.
1:39.5	Wing A2 had eight rooms and two double rooms.
1:42.4	Wing B1 contained six rooms.
1:45.4	Wing B2 had six rooms with one double room.
1:48.6	And each room contained four beds.
1:52.2	The external doors, including the main entrance to the nursing home, were kept locked.
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