Kimberly Rogers Inquest Alerts

House arrest linked to suicide, inquiry told

by Keith Lacy
The Globe and Mail

Thursday, November 21, 2002 – Print Edition, Page A10

Sudbury -- One of Canada's leading suicide experts told a coroner's jury yesterday that terms of a conditional jail sentence were directly related to the suicide of a pregnant woman under house arrest for welfare fraud.

While Kimberly Rogers was originally relieved at not being sent to jail, she "quickly realized it was not much better" being under house arrest while pregnant with no money and her welfare benefits cut off, testified Isaac Sakinofsky, a University of Toronto professor specializing in suicide.

"Her predicament led directly to the overdose and to her ending her life," he said.