The boyfriend of a woman whose sudden death was ruled a suicide by police has admitted he injected her with meth in the lead-up to her death – years after police told her mother they could not prove the allegation.
He says he feels responsible for her death, but denies killing her.
Sue Nowland was told by police that her daughter, 39-year-old Lyla Nettle, had taken her own life in May 2019, but she felt that they had not properly investigated and feared she would never get to the bottom of what happened.
That was until The Advertiser’s Dying Rose podcast tracked down her ex-boyfriend Jason (a pseudonym) – and got answers.
The pathologist said there was no finding that would indicate the involvement of another person in Lyla’s death – but also could not “exclude the actions of another party” which may not have left a mark. Ultimately, her death was ruled to be self-inflicted.
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