Losing Paul

The coroner delivers her findings and we try to answer the question, could Paul's life have been saved?    

Refusing to write her son off as a drug addict, Ann campaigns for an inquest into Paul's death to uncover the gaps that led to his downfall.    

After coming to terms with with his prescription drug use, Paul was starting to get his life on track until an accident sparked a series of events that sent him into a downward spiral.  

Paul was a shy, Irish kid with a taste for fine clothing and a talent for the cello. But he was leading a double life that he kept hidden from his family and closest friends.  

A young man is found slumped over near a fence in a Western Creek neighbourhood. His mother Ann tries to get answers from the police.  

Losing Paul is a Canberra Times story about a mother's desperate battle with the health system to save her son, and the complicated string of events that contributed to his death.