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FOUND: Fifo worker stopped medication before stabbing seven people | Mind Blowing Facts

An inquest into a stabbing spree by FIFO worker Ashley Fildes in 2020 is taking place in Perth. Photo: AAP

A fly-in, fly-out worker shot dead by Western Australian police after he stabbed seven people had stopped taking his antipsychotic medication in the months before the incident, an inquest has been told.

A Perth clinic providing care to Ashley Dean Fildes failed to convince the father-of-one to continue his voluntary treatment before discharging him when the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to reduce patient numbers.

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