The family and all of his friends really regret that he should have taken the hasty and unnecessary choice that he did.
He claimed to have done it in reaction to problems in many relationships. “He was bewildered by his long-term relationship and possibly an obsession with this younger man, Ryan, as well as the significant stress that the residency brought about due to the financial strains.”
Mr. Burge cautioned about how Dr. Ellis had obtained the medications in a Prevention of Future Deaths report sent to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
He obtained a hazardous amount of [the medication] by deceiving his previous employers into believing he needed it to put a huge dog to sleep, and he used an intravenous line to self-administer it.
Without being questioned about the drug’s intended use, he was able to get it while knowing it was harmful.
