Overview
- Christopher Laurie Turner, 64, was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison with a 10-month non-parole period and is eligible for parole on December 24, 2026.
- He pleaded guilty to manslaughter of newborn John Ghanem and to causing grievous bodily harm by omission to Amelia Khan after a 2015 installation error.
- Judge Nicole Noman found Turner conducted no required cross-connection or concentration tests before signing off, calling the failure an avoidable aberration.
- A 2021 coronial inquest determined pipelines mislabelled in the 1990s contributed to the error, and earlier court findings cleared contractor BOC while noting false certifications by Turner and a hospital employee.
- The tragedy prompted NSW reforms requiring specific licences for medical-gas installers, following Turner’s earlier $100,000 work health and safety conviction.