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Domestic violence expert testifies at inquest of
nurse slaying
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
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November 30, 2007
WINDSOR, Ont. - A domestic violence expert is pointing a finger at a Windsor, Ont., hospital for not stopping harassment in a case that led to a doctor there killing a nurse. Peter Jaffe, the director of the Centre for Research on Violence to Women and Children, testified Thursday at a coroner's inquest into the Nov. 12, 2005 incident. On that day, anesthesiologist Marc Daniel fatally stabbed his ex-girlfriend, nurse Lori Dupont, in Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital, then took enough anesthetic to kill himself. Jaffe says about four dozen people knew that Daniel was harassing Dupont. He says everyone has a responsibility to do something if they know of harassment, including stalking and leaving notes on a car, which is what the inquest has heard happened to Dupont. Testimony at the coroner's inquest finished Thursday and final summations to the jury are scheduled for next week.
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