Doctor sent accused killer home from hospital
Darwin ED doctor told Benjamin Hoffman to go home and 'see how he goes' before the accused murderer allegedly gunned down four men: court
A doctor examined an “agitated” man wandering in and out of a Darwin hospital asking for a poison antidote hours before he allegedly gunned down four people, but found no signs of mental illness.
Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann has pleaded not guilty to four counts of murder on 4 June, 2019.
In the hours before the killings, the 47-year-old drove to Royal Darwin Hospital where he told one of the ED doctors he’d been poisoned.
“He was hanging out with some fairly disreputable people,” the doctor told the NT Supreme Court, referring to his notes written at 7.10am after his consultation with Hoffmann.
