26 Jan 2022

Lake Alice psychiatrist Dr Selwyn Leeks dies aged 92

From Midday Report, 12:17 pm on 26 January 2022

The doctor accused of torturing children at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital in the 1970s has died.

Selwyn Leeks was 92 years old.

Dr Leeks was accused of using electric shocks and paralysing drugs to punish patients at the Lake Alice child and adolescent unit.

Māni Dunlop spoke to Oliver Sutherland who helped investigate Leeks in the 1970s.